NY State Senate Bill 2011-S2255

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 18, 2011	referred to codes

2011-S2255 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S456

2011-S2255 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines the term "auxiliary police officer" to mean a member of an auxiliary police organization authorized by local law pursuant to the New York state defense emergency act or a member of an auxiliary police organization trained by the police department with which the auxiliary police organization is associated, who bears the title auxiliary police officer and serves without compensation.

2011-S2255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2255

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to definition of
auxiliary police officer

SUMMARY:
This bill would amend Section 1.20 of the
Criminal Procedure
Law adding a new paragraph 34-b to define auxiliary police officer.

JUSTIFICATION:
Auxiliary police officers are volunteers from the
community, serving without pay. The duties and activities of
auxiliary police vary considerably. In upstate communities, auxiliary
police direct traffic at parades, fairs, special events and church
crossings.
They check vacation homes, participate in emergency rescues and
searches for missing persons, ride as second man in patrol cars and
perform administrative work for police departments. Downstate, and in
larger cities, auxiliary police patrol trains, subway platforms and
bus terminals. They perform neighborhood watches and patrols and
assist police in crowd control. Auxiliary police educate the public
in crime prevention techniques, engrave valuable property with the
owner's drivers license or I.D. number, patrol the streets and report

illegal activities to the appropriate law enforcement agency. They
check doors and windows to make sure they are locked and that no one
has or can gain entry illegally, and patrol in squad cars in an
effort to reduce vandalism.

There are several pieces of proposed legislation which would grant
auxiliary police certain privileges, prohibit actions against them,
or create new penal restrictions respecting this special category of
officers. In order to set a precedent for future legislation which
uses the term auxiliary police officer, we must first have in place a
statutory definition of said officers. In addition, this bill would
eliminate the confusion that seems to abound regarding auxiliary
police. A commonly held misconception is that auxiliary police are in
fact full police officers and afforded the same rights and privileges
as police officer's or peace officers. This bill would serve to
identify auxiliary police and would clarify the responsibilities of
same.

FISCAL IMPLICATION:
Enactment of this legislation has no fiscal
impact to the State, but has the potential to be of positive fiscal
impact to the families and spouses of slain Auxiliary police Officers.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S2255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2255

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to definition of
  auxiliary police officer

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

  Section  1.  Section  1.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 34-b to read as follows:
  34-B. "AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER" MEANS (A) A MEMBER  OF  AN  AUXILIARY
POLICE  ORGANIZATION  AUTHORIZED  BY  LOCAL  LAW PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
HUNDRED FIVE OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS  OF  NINE-
TEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, CONSTITUTING THE NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE EMERGEN-
CY  ACT  OR  (B) A MEMBER OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE ORGANIZATION TRAINED BY
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH WHICH THE AUXILIARY  POLICE  ORGANIZATION  IS
ASSOCIATED,  WHO  BEARS  THE  TITLE  AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER AND SERVES
WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07248-01-1

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