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Senate Bill S6926

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to providing personal protective equipment to law enforcement officers to allow response to terrorist attacks

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2015-S6926 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง837-s, Exec L

2015-S6926 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing personal protective equipment to law enforcement officers in New York city to allow response to terrorist attacks and active shooter incidents.

2015-S6926 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6926 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6926

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 equipping police offi-
  cers to protect against terrorist acts and active shooter incidents

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

  Section 1. Legislative finding and declaration. The legislature hereby
finds  and  declares  that  there  is  a  substantial  state interest in
protecting New York from the threat  of  terrorist  attacks  and  active
shooter  incidents.  The  legislature  also  finds and declares that the
burden of stopping such threats falls overwhelmingly on police officers,
who are often not adequately equipped to be able to meet  such  threats.
Therefore,  the  legislature declares the necessity for the enactment of
this act to require that police officers in certain locations within the
state be adequately equipped with state of the art  personal  protective
equipment  and firearms that will allow them to meet the existing threat
from terrorist attacks and active shooter incidents.
  S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  837-s  to
read as follows:
  S  837-S.  ANTI-TERROR RESPONSE PACKAGES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 1. AS USED
IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "COVERED POLICE DEPARTMENT" SHALL MEAN A POLICE  DEPARTMENT  OF  A
CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION.
  (B)  "ANTI-TERROR  RESPONSE  PACKAGE" SHALL MEAN A PACKAGE OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND ONE OR MORE FIREARMS THAT WILL ALLOW  A  POLICE
OFFICER TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO A TERRORIST ATTACK OR AN ACTIVE SHOOT-
ER INCIDENT. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
LIMITED  TO:  AN  ADVANCED BALLISTIC VEST; AN ADVANCED BALLISTIC HELMET;
AND AN APPROVED LONG GUN OR RIFLE HAVING SEMIAUTOMATIC  CAPABILITY.  THE
EQUIPMENT  INCLUDED IN AN ANTI-TERROR RESPONSE PACKAGE SHALL PROVIDE THE
GREATEST LEVEL OF PROTECTION AND EFFECTIVENESS TO MEET THE THREAT TO THE
PUBLIC AND POLICE OFFICERS FROM TERRORIST  ATTACKS  AND  ACTIVE  SHOOTER
INCIDENTS  AND  SHALL  BE  COMMENSURATE WITH THE STATE OF THE ART AT THE
TIME OF ISSUANCE, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ALL  EQUIPMENT  AND

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

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