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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4470
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee 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.
