Enacts "DJ's law" which 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--B
Cal. No. 295
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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing "DJ's
Law", 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. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 "DJ's law".
3 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 840
4 of the executive law, as added by section 1 of part ZZ of chapter 55 of
5 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
6 (2) The model law enforcement use of force policy shall include, but
7 is not limited to:
8 (i) information on current law as it relates to the use of force by
9 police and peace officers;
10 (ii) guidelines regarding when use of force is permitted;
11 (iii) requirements for documenting use of force;
12 (iv) procedures for investigating use of force incidents;
13 (v) guidelines regarding excessive use of force including duty to
14 intervene, reporting, and timely medical treatment for injured persons;
15 (vi) standards for failure to adhere to use of force guidelines;
16 (vii) training mandates on use of force, conflict prevention, conflict
17 resolution and negotiation, de-escalation techniques and strategies,
18 including, but not limited to, interacting with persons presenting in an
19 agitated condition; [and]
20 (viii) prohibited uses of force; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ix) best practices, policies, and guidelines regarding the discharge
2 of a firearm at a moving vehicle.
3 § 3. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
4 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
5 9. The council shall, in addition:
6 (a) Develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and procedures
7 regarding use of force by police officers specifically with respect to
8 the discharge of a firearm at a moving vehicle.
9 (b) Recommend to the governor rules and regulations with respect to
10 the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
11 program for all current and new police officers as part of required
12 minimum basic training, regarding the policies and procedures estab-
13 lished pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for
14 periodic retraining of police officers.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law.
