NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1143

Senate Bill S1143

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies

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2017-S1143 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §837-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6427
2013-2014: S101
2015-2016: S90
2019-2020: S529
2021-2022: S1624
2023-2024: S40

2017-S1143 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies.

2017-S1143 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1143

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the
division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission
of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies

 PURPOSE :

To ensure that DCJS improves its operations by working with local
police departments that are streamlining and improving their
operations through electronic record-keeping and transmittal.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Directs DCJS to take steps to be able to accept electronic
versions of uniform crime reports, incident-based reports, domestic
incident reports, and sex offender change of address forms.

Section 2: Effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

DCJS currently serves as a central repository for criminal justice
information throughout New York State. Pursuant to that mission,

copies of a variety of records maintained by local police departments
and jurisdictions must be transmitted to DCJS, where they are used to
identify and forecast trends, research and to share information with
the public, other states, and the federal government and between law
enforcement jurisdictions.

The method of transmission of such information, however, is severely
outdated. Local law enforcement agencies must submit paper copies of
uniform crime reports, incident-based reports, domestic incident
reports, and sex offender change of address forms in print format
only. This necessitates law enforcement agencies paying for postage
and using up staff time to make copies and address envelopes. And once
these forms arrive at DCJS, they must be routed to their appropriate
destinations, where DCJS staff spends time manually inputting these
paper copies into DCJS systems. This is a labor-intensive,
time-consuming process that is wasteful, unnecessary, causes days or
weeks of delay in updating information, and as a result harms victims
and the interests of justice.

Most problematically, DCJS forbids the aforementioned records to be
transmitted electronically. This is the case even if local law
enforcement departments have begun planning for the future and
investing in digitizing their forms and procedures. As a result of
this ban, localities do not reap the full benefits and cost savings of
their information technology improvements. In effect, DCJS's refusal
to accept electronic records is discouraging innovation in law
enforcement record-keeping throughout New York State.

On December 14, 2011, DCJS announced the launch of a Domestic Incident
Report (DIR) Repository, which allows law enforcement agencies access
to information critical to identifying patterns of threats and abuse
within the home, even when individuals move between different law
enforcement jurisdictions. This action by DCJS signals the importance
of providing law enforcement the most up-to-date information to be
able to charge abusers and remove victims from harm's path. However,
DCJS has failed to make commensurate improvements in how the
information is actually uploaded into the Repository.

This legislation asks the DCJS Commissioner to look towards the future
and to layout a comprehensive plan whereby DCJS will actively work
with localities to reduce the time and cost associated with criminal
justice record transmission. This will lead to more up-to-date
information available to law enforcement, improve the administration
of justice and lead to improved outcomes for victims of domestic
violence and other crimes.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.90 Passed Senate/Referred to Codes
2013-14: S.101 Referred to Finance
2011-12: S.6427/A.9340 Passed Senate/Referred to Codes

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Initial cost in regards to developing a system to accept electronic
records, but greater long-term efficiency savings.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Savings for localities throughout New York State having to do with not
mailing physical copies of records to DCJS.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that, effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed by
the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services on or
before such effective date.

2017-S1143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1143
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
   of criminal  justice  services  to  accept  electronic  submission  of
   reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  ACCEPT FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DELIVERY BY ELECTRONIC
 MEANS OF ALL REPORTS OR OTHER  INFORMATION  AND  DATA  WITH  RESPECT  TO
 CRIMES,  WHICH ARE COLLECTED BY THE DIVISION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS,  INCIDENT-BASED  REPORTS,  DOMESTIC  INCIDENT
 REPORTS AND SEX OFFENDER CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION. TO THE EXTENT OF
 SUCH TRANSMITTAL OR TRANSMITTALS, SUCH ACTION BY A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO SATISFY RESPONSIBILITIES OTHERWISE IMPOSED
 UPON SUCH AGENCY BY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that,  effec-
 tive  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commis-
 sioner of the division of criminal justice services on  or  before  such
 effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00084-01-7

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Patrick M. Gallivan