Senate Bill S1571

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the training of police officers and firefighters with respect to persons with disabilities and hearing-impaired people

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §209-ff, Gen Muni L; add §3054, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3417
2015-2016: S3886
2017-2018: S3615

2013-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the training of police officers, firefighters and emergency responders with respect to persons with disabilities and hearing-impaired people.

2013-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1571

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public health law,  in
  relation to the training of police officers and firefighters

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 209-ff to read as follows:
  S  209-FF.  TRAINING  OF  POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. 1. (A) THE
COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  AND DISABILITY ADVOCACY GROUPS, SHALL
REVIEW THE TRAINING COURSE ENTITLED "PERSONS  WITH  DISABILITIES,"  PART
FIVE  SECTION E OF THE BASIC COURSE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND MODIFY IT TO
INCLUDE INSTRUCTION ON OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  AS  WELL.  THE
TRAINING   SHOULD  INCLUDE  INSTRUCTION  ON  CEREBRAL  PALSY,  EPILEPSY,
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, PERSONS WHO ARE  HEARING-
IMPAIRED,  AND  ANY OTHER DISABILITY DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSION-
ERS. THE TRAINING SHALL BE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE POLICE OFFICERS ON APPRO-
PRIATE  RECOGNITION  AND  RESPONSE  TECHNIQUES  FOR  HANDLING  EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS  INVOLVING  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES OR
PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING-IMPAIRED.   THE CURRICULUM  SHOULD  ALSO  INCLUDE
INSTRUCTION ON APPROPRIATE INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES. ADDI-
TIONAL  ATTENTION  SHOULD BE PLACED UPON BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH INDI-
VIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORALLY BASED DISOR-
DERS. THE TRAINING COURSE SHALL BE ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  COMMISSION  ON
QUALITY OF CARE AND ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CREATED UNDER
ARTICLE  FORTY-FIVE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, AS PART OF THE IN-SERVICE
TRAINING PROVIDED TO EACH LOCAL POLICE OFFICER IN EACH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02943-01-3
              

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