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Assembly Bill A9519A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles

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2023-A9519 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9720
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§840 & 841, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5566

2023-A9519 - Summary

Directs the municipal police training council to develop, and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to implement, certain training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles, including a minimum of 40 hours of training for new police officers and 4 hours of training for police in-service training courses.

2023-A9519 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9519
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training  requirements
   for police officers on the operation of authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING
 THE OPERATION OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AS  DEFINED  BY  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, BY POLICE OFFICERS. SUCH
 POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF NEW
 AND VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS ON THE OPERATION OF SUCH AUTHORIZED EMERGEN-
 CY VEHICLES;
   (B) RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSIONER RULES AND REGULATIONS  WITH  RESPECT
 TO  THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAIN-
 ING PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE  POLI-
 CIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (I) A MINIMUM OF FORTY HOURS OF TRAINING TO BE INCLUDED IN  THE  BASIC
 COURSE FOR POLICE OFFICERS; AND
   (II)  A  MINIMUM  OF  FOUR  HOURS OF TRAINING TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICE
 IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES; AND
   (C) DISSEMINATE THE POLICY PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  REGARDING  OPERATION OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES BY POLICE
 OFFICERS, TO ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS STATE AND  DEVELOP  A  MODEL
 TRAINING  PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING SUCH
 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Section 841 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14881-01-4

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2023-A9519A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9720
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§840 & 841, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5566

2023-A9519A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the municipal police training council to develop, and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to implement, certain training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles, including a minimum of 40 hours of training for new police officers and 4 hours of training for police in-service training courses.

2023-A9519A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9519--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FAHY, SHIMSKY, GLICK, SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training requirements
   for police officers on the operation of police vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A)  DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  REGARDING
 THE  OPERATION  OF  POLICE  VEHICLES,  AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-TWO-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, BY  POLICE  OFFICERS.  SUCH
 POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF NEW
 AND VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS ON THE OPERATION OF SUCH POLICE VEHICLES;
   (B) RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSIONER RULES AND REGULATIONS  WITH  RESPECT
 TO  THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A TRAIN-
 ING PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE  POLI-
 CIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (I) A MINIMUM OF FORTY HOURS OF TRAINING TO BE INCLUDED IN  THE  BASIC
 COURSE FOR POLICE OFFICERS; AND
   (II)  A  MINIMUM  OF  FOUR  HOURS OF TRAINING TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICE
 IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES; AND
   (C) DISSEMINATE THE POLICY PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  REGARDING  OPERATION  OF POLICE VEHICLES BY POLICE OFFICERS, TO
 ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN  THIS  STATE  AND  DEVELOP  A  MODEL  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING SUCH POLICIES
 AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Section 841 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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