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Assembly Bill A4596A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A4596 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-q, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10686
2019-2020: A5178
2021-2022: A4937
2023-2024: A424
2025-2026: A2423

2017-A4596 - Summary

Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm 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.

2017-A4596 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4596
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD00419-01-7

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2017-A4596A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-q, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10686
2019-2020: A5178
2021-2022: A4937
2023-2024: A424
2025-2026: A2423

2017-A4596A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm 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.

2017-A4596A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4596--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
   police officers from carrying or using a firearm 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  FIREARM 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 ANNUALLY RECEIVES INSTRUCTION IN
 THE  USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AND FIREARMS THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE
 MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED 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. A  POLICE  OFFICER
 SHALL  NOT BE TRANSFERRED FROM HIS OR HER PRECINCT, COMMAND, ASSIGNMENT,
 POST, SQUAD, OR TOUR OF DUTY AS A RESULT OF SUCH EMPLOYER'S  FAILURE  TO
 PROVIDE  THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. IN ADDITION, SUCH
 EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  NOT  IMPAIR  A  POLICE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO CARRY A FIREARM
 WHILE OFF-DUTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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