NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5813

Senate Bill S5813

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows the implementation of body cameras on police officers notwithstanding binding arbitration

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2021-S5813 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6072
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §204-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S1500, A4823
2025-2026: A1264

2021-S5813 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the implementation of body cameras on police officers notwithstanding binding arbitration.

2021-S5813 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5813

SPONSOR: GIANARIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing the
implementation of body cameras on police officers notwithstanding bind-
ing arbitration

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would amend the civil service law in relation to the implemen-
tation of body cameras on police officers without it being able to made
an issue of binding arbitration.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 204-a of the civil service law by adding a
new subdivision which states that the terms of any agreement or arbi-
tration between any public employer and public employee organization
representing police officers approving any increase in pay or expanded

duty pay due for additional or continued duties and responsibilities
performed by police officers with regards to wearing body cameras shall
not include binding arbitration for purposes of authorizing a pay
increase.

Section two sets the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to the many benefits that come along with the use body cameras by
police officers, many governments are seeking to equip their police
departments with the technology. Equipping police officers with body
cameras can protect officers, assist in evidence collection, and
dissuade some of the worst of officer misconduct. However, organizations
representing police officers often seek to garner pay increases for
their officers, citing additional duties or responsibilities and officer
stress that leads the matter to be taken up in binding arbitration.

Technology is ever changing and developing. It continues to reshape
nearly every sector of society. Most jobs see changing technology:
frequently - from teachers to retailer workers and taxi drivers.  These
improvements and upgrades in technology are learned by workers without
monetary compensation. Body cameras are another tool in a collection of
new technology that is available to police officers and should not be
justification for binding arbitration, which can be cost prohibitive to
its implementation. This technology should be a welcome advance in tech-
nology that allows officers to keep current in their job and fulfill
their duties, and should not warrant a pay increase for their use alone.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.
 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S5813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5813
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  the
   implementation  of  body  cameras  on  police officers notwithstanding
   binding arbitration

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 204-a of the civil service law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  THE  TERMS  OF ANY AGREEMENT OR INTEREST ARBITRATION AWARD BETWEEN
 ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND ANY PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  REPRESENTING
 POLICE  OFFICERS  AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF PAY OR EXPANDED
 DUTY PAY IN RECOGNITION OF  THE  ADDITIONAL  AND  CONTINUED  DUTIES  AND
 RESPONSIBILITIES  PERFORMED  BY POLICE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH BODY-
 WORN CAMERAS SHALL BE INVALID AND NO SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE  BIND-
 ING  ARBITRATION  FOR THE PURPOSES OF AUTHORIZING SUCH A PAY INCREASE OR
 EXPANDED DUTY PAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09432-04-1

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