New York S 6075: Relates to establishing a duty to report an unauthorized use of force by a police officer

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S06075 Summary:

BILL NOS06075 

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Relates to establishing a duty to report an unauthorized use of force by a police officer; provides that failure to report is a class B misdemeanor.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6075

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 establishing a duty to
 report an unauthorized use of force by a police officer

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Duty to report unauthorized use of force. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section:
 5 (a) "police officer" means a person designated as such in subdivision
 6 thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law; and
 7 (b) "use of force" means any action defined in subdivision one of
 8 section eight hundred thirty-seven-t of this article.
 9 2. Every police officer shall be required to intervene and report when
 10 such officer witnesses the unauthorized use of force by another police
 11 officer. Whenever such officer is required to report under this section,
 12 they shall immediately notify their police agency. Such agency shall
 13 then investigate such report.
 14 3. Any police officer who fails to intervene and report in violation
 15 of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10626-01-5

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