Senate Bill S8626

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10717
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2912, A4286
2023-2024: S7329, A320

2019-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers; requires peace officers to biannually complete a minimum of 32 credit hours of training including de-escalation techniques, implicit biases and mental health training.

2019-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8626
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to  establishing
   mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 2.30 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  EVERY  PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE SHALL, BI-ANNUALLY, SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETE, AT A MINIMUM, THIRTY-TWO CREDIT HOURS OF TRAINING DESIGNED  TO
 ENABLE  SUCH  PEACE OFFICERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES.
 SUCH TRAINING SHALL COVER DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, IMPLICIT BIASES  AND
 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING. SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE MUNICI-
 PAL  POLICE  TRAINING  COUNCIL.  TRAINING RECEIVED BY A PEACE OFFICER IN
 EXCESS OF THIRTY-TWO HOURS IN ANY ONE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED  OVER  BY  THE
 MEMBER  INTO  SUCCEEDING  YEARS IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION. TRAINING MAY BE PROVIDED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  ELECTRONIC  MEDIA,  VIDEO,  DISTANCE  LEARNING  AND
 TRADITIONAL  CLASSROOM TRAINING. NO EMPLOYER SHALL ALLOW ANY PEACE OFFI-
 CER IT EMPLOYS TO CARRY OR USE A WEAPON DURING ANY PHASE  OF  THE  OFFI-
 CER'S  OFFICIAL  DUTIES, UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED
 THE REQUIRED HOURS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. A PEACE  OFFICER  WHO  FAILS  TO
 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE TRAINING UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXERCISE
 THE POWERS ENUMERATED UNDER SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16795-01-0

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