Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a statewide public database covering every local police department, each county sheriff's office, the division of the state police and every agency that employs a peace officer in this state, which shall compile the names of any police or peace officer who has had their employment terminated due to misconduct.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6054
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a state-
wide law enforcement officer misconduct database
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 837-y
to read as follows:
§ 837-Y. STATEWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MISCONDUCT DATABASE.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DIVISION SHALL
ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PUBLIC DATABASE COVERING EVERY LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT, EACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE DIVISION OF THE STATE
POLICE AND EVERY AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS A PEACE OFFICER IN THIS STATE,
WHICH SHALL COMPILE THE NAMES OF ANY POLICE OR PEACE OFFICER WHO HAS HAD
THEIR EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED DUE TO MISCONDUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT, ANY CRIM-
INAL OFFENSE AGAINST A MINOR, EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE, ANY VIOLATION OF
18 U.S.C. 242, PERJURY, FALSIFYING A POLICE REPORT OR PLANTING AND
DESTROYING EVIDENCE, AND DEADLY PHYSICAL ASSAULT; AS WELL AS ANY TERMI-
NATION OR COMPLAINTS AGAINST SUCH OFFICER. THE CHIEF OF EVERY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, EACH COUNTY SHERIFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE AND
THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF EVERY AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS A PEACE OFFICER IN
THIS STATE SHALL REPORT TO THE DIVISION, IN A FORM AND MANNER AS DEFINED
IN REGULATIONS BY THE DIVISION, ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPILE AND
MAINTAIN THE DATABASE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04235-01-5
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