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                                   5586
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal  procedure
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
   (W)  A  MEMBER  OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF  CORRECTION  WHO  HAS  COMPLETED  A  TRAINING  PROGRAM  AS
 DETAILED  IN  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law,  as
 amended  by  section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department  of
 corrections  and  community supervision pursuant to rules of the depart-
 ment, and correction officers of any state correctional facility  or  of
 any  penal  correctional  institution, EXCEPT FOR CORRECTION OFFICERS OF
 THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION WHO HAVE COMPLETED A TRAINING
 PROGRAM AS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED  FORTY
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  3.  Section  840  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. (A) THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION, DEVELOP, MAINTAIN, AND  DISSEM-
 INATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNI-
 TY  SUPERVISION,  WRITTEN  POLICIES  AND PROCEDURES REGARDING A TRAINING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF  THE  NEW  YORK
 CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  SUCH  TRAINING PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED
 MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE
 AND TWO-A OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL INCLUDE ISSUES RELATED TO THE MENTAL
 HEALTH OF INMATES.
   (B)  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL, IN ADDITION, RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR RULES
 AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINING  PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE
 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION REGARDING THE POLICIES AND PROCE-
 DURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS DEFINED AS  POLICE
 OFFICERS  UNDER PARAGRAPH (W) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20
 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   (C) THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY
 TO ALL CORRECTIONS OFFICERS HIRED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOLLOWING  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  THE UNIFORMED
 CORRECTION FORCE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION  EMPLOYED
 PRIOR  TO SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE SHALL RECEIVE SUCH TRAINING WITHIN THIRTY-
 SIX MONTHS OF SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE, UNLESS SUCH OFFICER IS DEEMED TO HAVE
 PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED EQUIVALENT TRAINING AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the  addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such date.