Senate Bill S3920A

                            
 
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                                  3920--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2019
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
   police  officer  status to certain members of the uniformed correction
   force of the New York city department of correction; and to amend  the
   executive law, in relation to training programs for all members of the
   uniformed  correction  force  of  the  New  York  city  department  of
   correction
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
   (W) A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION  WHO  HAS  COMPLETED  A  TRAINING  PROGRAM AS
 DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law,  as
 amended  by  section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department  of
 corrections  and  community supervision pursuant to rules of the depart-
 ment, and correction officers of any state correctional facility  or  of
 any  penal  correctional  institution, EXCEPT FOR CORRECTION OFFICERS OF
 THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION WHO HAVE COMPLETED A TRAINING
 PROGRAM AS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. Section 840 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09920-04-9
              

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   6.  (A) THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION, DEVELOP, MAINTAIN, AND DISSEM-
 INATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNI-
 TY SUPERVISION, WRITTEN POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  REGARDING  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  MEMBERS  OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE NEW YORK
 CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  SUCH  TRAINING PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED
 MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE
 AND TWO-A OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL INCLUDE ISSUES RELATED TO THE MENTAL
 HEALTH OF INMATES.
   (B)  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL, IN ADDITION, RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR RULES
 AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINING  PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE
 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION REGARDING THE POLICIES AND PROCE-
 DURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS DEFINED AS  POLICE
 OFFICERS  UNDER PARAGRAPH (W) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20
 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   (C) THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY
 TO ALL CORRECTIONS OFFICERS HIRED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOLLOWING  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  THE UNIFORMED
 CORRECTION FORCE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION  EMPLOYED
 PRIOR  TO SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE SHALL RECEIVE SUCH TRAINING WITHIN THIRTY-
 SIX MONTHS OF SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE, UNLESS SUCH OFFICER IS DEEMED TO HAVE
 PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED EQUIVALENT TRAINING AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the  addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such date.