New York S 1555: Relates to establishing reporting duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to police misconduct allegations and outcomes

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S01555 Summary:

BILL NOS01555 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSRJACKSON, RIVERA, SALAZAR

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Relates to establishing reporting duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to police misconduct allegations and outcomes; requires the division of criminal justice services to establish and maintain on its official website a public, searchable database of alleged infractions and police misconduct complaints.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1555

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, JACKSON, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- 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 reporting
 duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to police misconduct
 allegations and outcomes

 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. Reporting duties of law enforcement agencies with respect to
 4 police misconduct allegations and outcomes. 1. Definitions. For the
 5 purposes of this section:
 6 a. "Action pending investigation" means an action taken by a law
 7 enforcement agency in response to the opening of an investigation into
 8 an alleged infraction, including but not limited to placing an officer
 9 on modified duty, unpaid suspension, or paid suspension.
 10 b. "Encounter" means the contact between the subject officer and an
 11 individual that resulted in either a police misconduct complaint or an
 12 alleged infraction.
 13 c. "Alleged infraction" means any alleged violation of agency rules or
 14 policies or violations of law by an officer. An alleged infraction
 15 includes any rule violation regardless of whether it is associated with
 16 a police misconduct complaint. The term alleged infraction does not
 17 include technical infractions as defined in section eighty-six of the
 18 public officers law.
 19 d. "Disciplinary action" means any action taken by the law enforcement
 20 agency as a result of an investigation concerning an alleged infraction.
 21 Disciplinary action includes but is not limited to charges and specifi-
 22 cations, termination, forced separation, probation, suspension, loss of
 23 vacation days, training, instructions, mandated drug screenings,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01527-01-5

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 1 mandated counseling, divestiture of interest, command discipline, or any
 2 other such category of discipline maintained by the law enforcement
 3 agency. The term "disciplinary action" also includes a recommendation or
 4 decision not to impose any penalty.
 5 e. "Investigating agency" means the agency responsible for investigat-
 6 ing the alleged infraction.
 7 f. "Law enforcement agency" means a police agency or department of the
 8 state or any political subdivision thereof, including authorities or
 9 agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined as police
 10 officers in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or a sheriff's
 11 department.
 12 g. "Officer" means a police officer, as defined in subdivision thir-
 13 ty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or a peace offi-
 14 cer as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law.
 15 h. "Originating agency" means the agency that first identified an
 16 alleged infraction or that received a police misconduct complaint.
 17 i. "Police misconduct complaint" means any complaint of misconduct
 18 alleged by a member of the public or an employee of a law enforcement
 19 agency where the subject of such a complaint is an officer. Police
 20 misconduct complaint includes any complaint made to the law enforcement
 21 agency or any other agency authorized t