Senate Bill S3487

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires training regarding sexual assault for police officers and child protective services workers

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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-S3487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, Exec L; amd §421, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5042
2011-2012: S3787
2013-2014: S3336
2015-2016: S2021
2019-2020: S2192
2021-2022: S3357
2023-2024: S1593

2017-S3487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires police officers to receive training instruction for crimes involving sexual assaults; requires training for child protective services workers in certain instances.

2017-S3487 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3487
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  requisite  training
   instruction  for police officers for crimes involving sexual assaults;
   and to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  training  for
   child protective services workers in certain instances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING TRAIN-
 ING AND INSTRUCTION FOR ALL  POLICE  OFFICERS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  CRIMES
 INVOLVING  SEXUAL ASSAULT. SUCH TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION, WHICH SHALL BE
 DESIGNED AND PRESENTED IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  RAPE  CRISIS  CENTERS
 EXPERIENCED  IN  ASSISTING VICTIMS IN THIS STATE, SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO UNDERSTANDING RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA AND  PSYCHOLOG-
 ICAL  ISSUES  CONFRONTED  BY  SUCH  CRIME  VICTIMS, COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF
 OFFENDERS, FAIR TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CRIME VICTIMS PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE  TWENTY-THREE  OF  THIS CHAPTER, EVIDENCE GATHERING AND PRESERVATION
 ISSUES, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY
 OF LOCAL SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH  CRIMES.    ALL  NEW  OFFICERS
 SHALL  RECEIVE  SUCH  TRAINING  AND  INSTRUCTION,  AS  PART OF THE BASIC
 CURRICULUM AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY OR AT MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMIES,
 AS APPLICABLE. THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 AS  IT DEEMS NECESSARY CONCERNING PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS
 REGARDING CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   § 2. The opening and closing paragraphs of subdivision  3  of  section
 421  of  the  social  services  law, the opening paragraph as amended by
 chapter 718 of the laws of 1986 and the closing paragraph as amended  by
 chapter 320 of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08614-01-7
              

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