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Feb 24, 2021 | advanced to third reading |
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Jan 30, 2021 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S3518
Sponsored By
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
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- Delivered to Governor
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S3518 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §840-a, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S6540
S3518 (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.
S3518 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3518 SPONSOR: BAILEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the offi- cer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum standards estab- lished by the municipal police training council PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To amend the General Municipal Law to require annual firearms training for police officers who carry or use firearms during their official duties. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill would amend General Municipal Law 209-q (1)(b) to require police officers to receive instruction in the use of
S3518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3518 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive 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. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 840-a to read as follows: § 840-A. MUNICIPAL POLICE; FIREARM USE. NO MUNICIPALITY 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 STANDARDS 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 PHYS- ICAL 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 SECTION 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 SECTION. IN ADDITION, SUCH EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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