Assembly Bill A7244

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the re-assignment of police officers pending certain investigations and hearings

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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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2025-A7244 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §75, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10647
2021-2022: A1617
2023-2024: A6457

2025-A7244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the re-assignment of police officers pending certain investigations of incompetency or misconduct involving egregious behavior including, but not limited to, police brutality, intimidation, racial profiling, planting or fabricating evidence, unwarranted search and seizure, violating department procedures, and abuse of authority, and provides for an expeditious investigation of such incidents.

2025-A7244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7244
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the  re-assignment
   of police officers pending certain investigations and hearings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "one  bad
 apple police bad behavior prevention law".
   §  2.  Section  75 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
   3-B. RE-ASSIGNMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS PENDING INVESTIGATION. (A) IF  A
 VIDEO  OR  OTHER  EVIDENCE  EXISTS IDENTIFYING A POLICE OR PEACE OFFICER
 ENGAGING IN EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  POLICE
 BRUTALITY,  INTIMIDATION,  RACIAL  PROFILING,  PLANTING  OR  FABRICATING
 EVIDENCE, UNWARRANTED SEARCH AND SEIZURE,  VIOLATING  DEPARTMENT  PROCE-
 DURES, AND ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, CHIEF OFFICER
 OF  THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OFFICER SO AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SUCH AN ORDER
 SHALL RELIEVE THE OFFICER OF SUCH OFFICER'S WEAPON AND BADGE, AND ASSIGN
 THE OFFICER TO DESK DUTY PENDING THE INVESTIGATION OF  AND  HEARING  AND
 DETERMINATION OF CHARGES OF INCOMPETENCY OR MISCONDUCT.
   (B)  WHEN  AN INCIDENT INVOLVING CONDUCT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION OCCURS, THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  EXPEDITIOUS
 PRELIMINARY  INVESTIGATION  TO DETERMINE WHETHER CHARGES OF INCOMPETENCY
 OR MISCONDUCT SHOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST THE OFFICER. IF THE  PRELIMINARY
 INVESTIGATION  DETERMINES THAT CHARGES SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT AGAINST THE
 OFFICER, THE DEPARTMENT MAY RESTORE  THE  OFFICER  TO  FULL  STATUS  AND
 RETURN  SUCH  OFFICER'S  WEAPON AND BADGE.   IF THE PRELIMINARY INVESTI-
 GATION DETERMINES THAT CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT  AGAINST  THE  OFFICER,
 THE  INVESTIGATION  AND HEARING OF CHARGES OF INCOMPETENCY OR MISCONDUCT
 SHALL PROCEED AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT RESTORE THE OFFICER  TO  FULL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07115-01-5
 A. 7244                             2

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