New York S 5206: Establishes the police training council; repealer

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S05206 Summary:

BILL NOS05206 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add §§839, 840 & 841, Exec L

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Repeals the municipal police training council; creates the police training council to establish a statewide mandatory training curriculum for all law enforcement agencies established with police officer or peace officer status throughout the state.

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BILL NOS05206 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5206

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the
 police training council; and to repeal certain provisions of the exec-
 utive law related thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Sections 839, 840, and 841 of the executive law are
 2 REPEALED and three new sections 839, 840, and 841 are added to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 839. Police training council. 1. There is hereby created within the
 5 office of public safety within the division, a police training council,
 6 to be administered by the deputy commissioner for criminal justice
 7 services, and composed of nine members who are law enforcement profes-
 8 sionals representing academic, legal, supervisory, law enforcement labor
 9 organizations as well as community organizations in order to elicit a
 10 wide cross section of views in determining an appropriate annual train-
 11 ing curriculum for all law enforcement agencies established with police
 12 officer or peace officer status throughout the state. Such members shall
 13 be selected as follows:
 14 (a) three members appointed by the governor;
 15 (b) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
 16 (c) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 17 (d) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
 18 (e) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
 19 2. The governor shall designate from among the members of the council
 20 a chairperson who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who
 21 shall be compensated for such position.
 22 3. All members of the council shall be appointed for terms of two
 23 years, such terms to commence on April first, and expire on March thir-
 24 ty-first. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created otherwise than by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07784-01-5

 S. 5206 2

 1 expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the
 2 member whom such member is to succeed. Vacancies caused by expiration of
 3 a term or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as original
 4 appointments. Any member may be reappointed for additional terms.
 5 4. The council shall continuously meet, as needed, to perform its
 6 established duties to set uniform training standards in policing
 7 throughout the state. The council's annual training curriculum shall be
 8 published in January of each calendar year so that ample time and
 9 resources will afford each agency the ability to complete the mandatory
 10 training curriculum. Upon certification to the deputy commissioner of
 11 criminal justice services by the agency that all of its law enforcement
 12 employees have been trained in the published curriculum, the commission-
 13 er shall authorize the division of budget to release any grants or
 14 appropriations allotted to the law enforcement agency for the next budg-
 15 et year.
 16 5. Membership on the council shall not constitute the holding of an
 17 office, and members of the council shall not be required to take and
 18 file oaths of office before serving on the council. The council shall
 19 not have the right to exercise any portion of the sovereign power of the
 20 state.
 21 6.