Assembly Bill A6162

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings

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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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2017-A6162 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5625
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §190.55, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2165, S2905
2021-2022: A2376, S3548
2023-2024: S4728

2017-A6162 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.

2017-A6162 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6162
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
   grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers  involved
   in a shooting or excessive use of force that led or leads to the death
   or  personal  injury  of  an unarmed civilian to be conducted in open,
   contemporaneous public hearings; prohibiting indictment of a police or
   peace officer involved in a shooting or an incident  involving  exces-
   sive  use of force by way of an indictment by information; and requir-
   ing a district attorney who declines to pursue an indictment of police
   or peace officers to provide a report explaining his or her decision
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 190.55 of the criminal procedure
 law is amended to read as follows:
   1. (A) A grand jury may  hear  and  examine  evidence  concerning  the
 alleged  commission  of  any  offense  prosecutable in the courts of the
 county, and concerning any misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in  public
 office by a public servant, whether criminal or otherwise.
   (B)  GRAND  JURY  PROCEEDINGS  FOR  POLICE  OFFICERS OR PEACE OFFICERS
 INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE THAT LED  OR  LEADS  TO
 THE  DEATH  OR PERSONAL INJURY OF AN UNARMED CIVILIAN SHALL BE CONDUCTED
 IN OPEN, CONTEMPORANEOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS.
   (C) A DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS  OR
 PEACE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE THAT LED
 OR  LEADS  TO  THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF AN UNARMED CIVILIAN SHALL
 NOT SEEK INDICTMENT OF THE DEFENDANT OFFICERS BY WAY OF AN INDICTMENT BY
 INFORMATION.
   (D) A DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO DECLINES TO PURSUE AN INDICTMENT OF POLICE
 OFFICERS OR PEACE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR  EXCESSIVE  USE  OF
 FORCE  THAT  LED  OR LEADS TO THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF AN UNARMED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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