New York S 6771: Grants immunity to law enforcement employees who intervene against police misconduct

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S06771 Summary:

BILL NOS06771 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06463

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRFAHY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Grants immunity from liability and professional retaliation against a law enforcement employee who intervenes against police misconduct committed by another member of law enforcement.

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BILL NOS06771 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6771

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, FAHY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, RAMOS, RIVERA,
 SEPULVEDA -- 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 law enforcement inter-
 vention against police misconduct

 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. Law enforcement intervention against police misconduct. 1.
 4 Definitions. When used in this section, and unless the specific context
 5 indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following mean-
 6 ings:
 7 (a) "Police misconduct" means conduct by a law enforcement officer in
 8 the course of an arrest or otherwise in the official capacity of such
 9 law enforcement officer that is:
 10 (i) excessive, forceful, or violent and that is not justified under
 11 section 35.30 of the penal law;
 12 (ii) a false arrest;
 13 (iii) sexual misconduct; or
 14 (iv) witness tampering.
 15 (b) A "law enforcement employee" means:
 16 (i) any employee of the state police department, as defined in section
 17 two hundred twenty-three of this chapter;
 18 (ii) any employee of a county sheriff's department; or
 19 (iii) any employee of a city, town, village, university, park, or
 20 public authority's police department.
 21 2. Immunity from liability and professional retaliation against a law
 22 enforcement employee who intervenes against police misconduct.
 23 (a) Any law enforcement employee who in good faith intervenes against
 24 police misconduct in compliance with this article shall have immunity

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06303-01-5

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 1 from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise result by
 2 reason of such actions.
 3 (b) A law enforcement agency shall not take any retaliatory personnel
 4 action, as such term is defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of
 5 section seven hundred forty of the labor law, against a law enforcement
 6 employee because such employee believes that such employee had reason-
 7 able cause to intervene against police misconduct and intervened against
 8 such police misconduct.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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