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Assembly Bill A4842

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs commissioner of criminal justice services to establish a pilot program for use of video equipment in police cars in 5 New York city precincts

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2009-A4842 (ACTIVE) - Details

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Assembly Codes
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New York City
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4673

2009-A4842 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs commissioner of criminal justice services to establish a pilot program for use of video equipment in police cars in five New York city precincts.

2009-A4842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4842

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to direct the commissioner of criminal justice services to estab-
  lish a pilot program for the installation and use of  video  recording
  equipment  in certain vehicles of the police department of the city of
  New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
  tion thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  commissioner  of criminal justice services shall, in
consultation with the police commissioner  of  the  city  of  New  York,
establish  a  pilot  program  providing  for the installation and use of
video cameras and recording equipment in all marked police  vehicles  in
five  precincts  of  the  police department of the city of New York. All
such equipment shall be installed on or before December  31,  2009,  and
shall  be used whenever the police vehicle is in use on or after January
1, 2010. The commissioner of criminal justice services shall  promulgate
any  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
section. Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  require  that  all  video
recordings  shall  be maintained by the police department of the city of
New York for not less than six months and  establish  minimum  standards
for  the video cameras, recording equipment and magnetic media recording
tapes to be used.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed December 31, 2012.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06638-01-9

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