Directs the division of criminal justice services to study the state of the police department in the village of Hempstead regarding the policies, practices and finances of the police department and regarding the state of public safety in the village.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 6568 A. 8408
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
June 16, 2019
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAYNOR -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT directing the division of criminal justice services to study the
state of the police department in the village of Hempstead and provid-
ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative findings. It is of the utmost importance that
2 the various police departments of this state engage in modern, effective
3 policing to ensure the safety of our communities. Police departments
4 must be free of corruption and engaging in best practices in order to
5 carry out their vital charge. After a recent spate of charges of
6 corruption among the leadership of the police department of the village
7 of Hempstead, Nassau County, and after a recent conviction thereof, the
8 legislature finds that it is in the interests of the state to ensure
9 that the police department of this village is properly ensuring public
10 safety.
11 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the division of crim-
12 inal justice services shall, within thirty days of the effective date of
13 this act, undertake a study in consultation with the comptroller of the
14 state of New York, regarding the policies, practices and finances of the
15 police department of the village of Hempstead, Nassau County, and
16 regarding the state of public safety in the village of Hempstead. The
17 police department shall provide, and the division of criminal justice
18 services and the comptroller shall review, any and all documents,
19 including but not limited to records, financial statements and written
20 policies regarding policing and the state of the police department in
21 the village of Hempstead.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. The division of criminal justice services shall conduct at least
2 one hearing in the village of Hempstead regarding public safety and the
3 state of the police department. The division of criminal justice
4 services shall take any written testimony as it deems necessary in order
5 to aid such study, and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a
6 thorough analysis of all issues described in this act.
7 § 4. The division of criminal justice services, in consultation with
8 the comptroller, shall issue its final report no later than one hundred
9 eighty days after the effective date of this act. The division of crimi-
10 nal justice services shall issue its final report to the governor, the
11 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the
12 chair of the senate committee on codes and the assembly committee on
13 codes, and post a copy of such report on its website.
14 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed one year after the date on which this act shall have
16 become law.
