New York A 8745: Provides for an adverse inference in disciplinary proceedings against testimony of correction officers who disable cameras

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A08745 Summary:

BILL NOA08745 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10110

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SPONSORDilan

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Amd §137, Cor L

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Provides for an adverse inference against the testimony of an officer or other employee of the department of corrections and community supervision, where such officer or other employee violated department rules or regulations by turning off a facility camera or body-worn camera or otherwise prevented such camera or cameras from recording the incident which is the subject of such disciplinary proceeding.

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BILL NOA08745 

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06/02/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8745

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing for an
 adverse inference in disciplinary proceedings against testimony of
 correction officers who disable cameras

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

 1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. For the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding of an incarcerated
 4 individual in a correctional facility, there shall be an adverse infer-
 5 ence against the testimony of an officer or other employee of the
 6 department, where such officer or other employee violated department
 7 rules or regulations by turning off a facility camera or body-worn
 8 camera or otherwise prevented such camera or cameras from recording the
 9 incident which is the subject of such disciplinary proceeding.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13255-01-5

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