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A10602 Summary:

BILL NO	A10602
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rules (Carroll)
COSPNSR	Taylor, Mosley, Seawright, Fernandez
MLTSPNSR
Add 837-t-1, Exec L
Requires the termination of any police officer or peace officer who uses physical force which is not justifiable or which is not part of procedure regardless of if harm is done any person or if any complaint is filed against such police officer or peace officer.

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A10602 Actions:

BILL NO	A10602
06/05/2020	referred to governmental employees

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A10602 Committee Votes:

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A10602 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10602
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 5, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  the  termi-
          nation  of any police officer or peace officer who uses physical force
          which is not justifiable or which is not part of procedure

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  executive  law  is  amended  by adding a new section
     2  837-t-1 to read as follows:
     3    § 837-t-1. Termination due to use of force. Whenever a police  officer
     4  or  peace  officer uses physical force and such force is not justifiable
     5  pursuant to section 35.30 of the penal law or such force is not  in  the
     6  procedures  on the use of physical force established by the police offi-
     7  cer's or peace officer's employer, such police officer or peace  officer
     8  shall  be terminated from such position immediately. Such police officer
     9  or peace officer shall be terminated regardless of if harm is  done  any
    10  person or if any complaint is filed against such police officer or peace
    11  officer.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16629-01-0

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