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Senate Bill S5566

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S5566 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§840 & 841, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9720

2025-S5566 (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.

2025-S5566 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5566
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08848-01-5
 S. 5566                             2

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