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Mar 01, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
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Feb 23, 2010 |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Sep 18, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6172
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S6172 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S6172 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires training and instruction for all police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault; establishes the office of court administration shall provide training for judges and justices at the New York state judicial institute with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.
2009-S6172 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6172 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation to requiring certain training for police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To require training for police, prosecutors and judges on cases involving sexual assault. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section one requires training and instruction, as well as periodic retraining, for all police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault. Such training shall be designed and presented in consultation with rape crisis centers and shall include understanding rape and sexual abuse trauma, interview techniques, and information concerning the availability of local services for the victims of such crimes. Section two requires the office of court administration to provide judges with training at the New York State Judicial Institute with respect to crimes involving sexual assault. Section three provides for an effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Criminal sexual assault cases are unique, whether it is from a perspective of evidence gathering or the trauma experienced by the
2009-S6172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6172 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 18, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation to requiring certain training for police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault 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 4 to read as follows: 4. 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 RAPE CRISIS CENTERS EXPERI- ENCED IN ASSISTING VICTIMS IN THIS STATE, SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO UNDERSTANDING RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES CONFRONTED BY SUCH CRIME VICTIMS, COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF OFFENDERS, FAIR TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CRIME VICTIMS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 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 RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY CONCERNING PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT. S 2. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 219-c to read as follows: S 219-C. CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT; JUDICIAL TRAINING. THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND JUSTICES AT THE NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL INSTITUTE WITH RESPECT TO CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00860-03-9
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