Requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8451
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring training for
police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section
2 840 of the executive law, as added by section 1 of part ZZ of chapter 55
3 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (2) The model law enforcement use of force policy shall include, but
5 is not limited to:
6 (i) information on current law as it relates to the use of force by
7 police and peace officers;
8 (ii) guidelines regarding when use of force is permitted;
9 (iii) requirements for documenting use of force;
10 (iv) procedures for investigating use of force incidents;
11 (v) guidelines regarding excessive use of force including duty to
12 intervene, reporting, and timely medical treatment for injured persons;
13 (vi) standards for failure to adhere to use of force guidelines;
14 (vii) training mandates on use of force, conflict prevention, conflict
15 resolution and negotiation, de-escalation techniques and strategies,
16 including, but not limited to, interacting with persons presenting in an
17 agitated condition; [and]
18 (viii) prohibited uses of force; and
19 (ix) best practices, policies, and guidelines regarding the discharge
20 of a firearm at a moving vehicle.
21 § 2. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
22 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
23 8. The council shall, in addition:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (a) Develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and procedures
2 regarding use of force by police officers specifically with respect to
3 the discharge of a firearm at a moving vehicle.
4 (b) Recommend to the governor rules and regulations with respect to
5 the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
6 program for all current and new police officers as part of required
7 minimum basic training, regarding the policies and procedures estab-
8 lished pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for
9 periodic retraining of police officers.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
