Assembly Bill A320

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A320 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7329
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10717, S8626
2021-2022: A4286, S2912

2023-A320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers; requires peace officers to biannually complete a minimum of 32 credit hours of training including de-escalation techniques, implicit biases and mental health training.

2023-A320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    320
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to establishing
   mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  2.30 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. EVERY PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE SHALL,  BI-ANNUALLY,  SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETE,  AT A MINIMUM, THIRTY-TWO CREDIT HOURS OF TRAINING DESIGNED TO
 ENABLE SUCH PEACE OFFICERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT  THEIR  DUTIES.
 SUCH  TRAINING SHALL COVER DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, IMPLICIT BIASES AND
 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING. SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE MUNICI-
 PAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL. TRAINING RECEIVED BY  A  PEACE  OFFICER  IN
 EXCESS  OF  THIRTY-TWO  HOURS IN ANY ONE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER BY THE
 MEMBER INTO SUCCEEDING YEARS IN ORDER TO MEET THE  REQUIREMENT  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION. TRAINING MAY BE PROVIDED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS, INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ELECTRONIC  MEDIA,  VIDEO, DISTANCE LEARNING AND
 TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TRAINING. NO EMPLOYER SHALL ALLOW ANY PEACE  OFFI-
 CER  IT  EMPLOYS  TO CARRY OR USE A WEAPON DURING ANY PHASE OF THE OFFI-
 CER'S OFFICIAL DUTIES, UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED
 THE  REQUIRED  HOURS  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION. A PEACE OFFICER WHO FAILS TO
 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE TRAINING UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXERCISE
 THE POWERS ENUMERATED UNDER SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01000-01-3

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