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Assembly Bill A10686

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to training for police officers before allowing them to carry or use a weapon

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2015-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7556
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง209-q, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4596
2019-2020: A5178
2021-2022: A4937
2023-2024: A424
2025-2026: A2423

2015-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a weapon during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the municipal police training council.

2015-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10686

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Blake) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
  police  officers  from  carrying or using a weapon during any phase of
  the officer's official duties unless the  officer  has  satisfactorily
  completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum stan-
  dards established by the municipal police training council

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 209-q of
the general municipal law are relettered paragraphs (c) and  (d)  and  a
new paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
  (B)  NO EMPLOYER SHALL ALLOW ANY POLICE OFFICER IT EMPLOYS TO CARRY OR
USE A WEAPON DURING ANY PHASE OF THE OFFICER'S  OFFICIAL  DUTIES,  WHICH
CONSTITUTES  ON-DUTY  EMPLOYMENT,  UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS SATISFACTORILY
COMPLETED A COURSE OF TRAINING THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM  STAND-
ARDS  ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE USE OF
DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AND  FIREARMS  AND  OTHER  WEAPONS,  AND  ANNUALLY
RECEIVES  INSTRUCTION  IN  THE USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AND FIREARMS
AND OTHER WEAPONS THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS  THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  ESTAB-
LISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL. ALL EMPLOYERS OF POLICE
OFFICERS  SHALL  CONDUCT,  OR PROVIDE THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, SUCH
TRAINING REQUIRED BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WITH  SUFFICIENT  FREQUENCY  TO
ENSURE  THERE  IS NO IMPACT ON A POLICE OFFICER'S ON-DUTY EMPLOYMENT DUE
TO LACK OF AVAILABLE TRAINING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15859-01-6

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