Senate Bill S8125

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires police officer training programs on interacting with individuals with a disability

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  • 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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2021-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3336

2021-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires police officer training programs on interacting with individuals with a disability with special emphasis on the techniques needed to improve interactions with individuals that are blind or deaf or hard of hearing; provides such training shall be created in consultation with the justice center for the protection of people with special needs.

2021-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8125
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring police offi-
   cer training programs on interacting with individuals with a disabili-
   ty
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  840  of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N) ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS, OF A  TRAIN-
 ING  PROGRAM  FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND PEACE OFFICERS
 REGARDING HOW TO INTERACT WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY AS  DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS
 CHAPTER, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS  ON  THE  TECHNIQUES  NEEDED  TO  IMPROVE
 INTERACTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BLIND OR DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.
 THE  CONTENT  OF  SUCH TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL BE CREATED IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL  NEEDS
 AS ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of  any  rule  or  regulation  by  the
 municipal  police  training  council necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13349-02-2

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