Grants police officer status to members of the uniformed correction force of the N.Y. city department of correction who complete a certain training program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3920--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 21, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
police officer status to certain members of the uniformed correction
force of the New York city department of correction; and to amend the
executive law, in relation to training programs for all members of the
uniformed correction force of the New York city department of
correction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
3 (w) A member of the uniformed correction force of the New York city
4 department of correction who has completed a training program as
5 detailed in subdivision six of section eight hundred forty of the execu-
6 tive law.
7 § 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
8 amended by section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
9 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
10 25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department of
11 corrections and community supervision pursuant to rules of the depart-
12 ment, and correction officers of any state correctional facility or of
13 any penal correctional institution, except for correction officers of
14 the New York city department of correction who have completed a training
15 program as detailed in subdivision six of section eight hundred forty of
16 the executive law.
17 § 3. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
18 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 6. (a) The council shall, in addition, develop, maintain, and dissem-
2 inate, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections and communi-
3 ty supervision, written policies and procedures regarding a training
4 program for members of the uniformed correction force of the New York
5 city department of correction. Such training program and associated
6 materials shall include the requirements set forth in subdivisions one
7 and two-a of this section and shall include issues related to the mental
8 health of inmates.
9 (b) The council shall, in addition, recommend to the governor rules
10 and regulations with respect to the establishment of a training program
11 for all current and new members of the uniformed correction force of the
12 New York city department of correction regarding the policies and proce-
13 dures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommenda-
14 tions for periodic retraining of corrections officers defined as police
15 officers under paragraph (w) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20
16 of the criminal procedure law.
17 (c) The training requirements required by this subdivision shall apply
18 to all corrections officers hired by the city of New York following the
19 effective date of this subdivision. All members of the uniformed
20 correction force of the New York city department of correction employed
21 prior to such effective date shall receive such training within thirty-
22 six months of such effective date, unless such officer is deemed to have
23 previously received equivalent training as determined by the commission-
24 er.
25 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
26 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
27 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
28 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
29 completed on or before such date.
