Assembly Bill A5363

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public

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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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2015-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1753
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-B §§268 & 269, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7308
2013-2014: S2833
2017-2018: A1824, S3100
2019-2020: A4998, S4123
2021-2022: S4424
2023-2024: S5223

2015-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state and local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public upon initiation of law enforcement activity.

2015-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5363

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state and
  local law enforcement officers to identify themselves to the public

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

  Section  1. Declaration of legislative intent and findings. The legis-
lature finds that the people of the state of New York are in great  debt
to  the  hard  work  and  dedication  of  police officers in their daily
duties. The legislature further finds that mistrust of  law  enforcement
officers  based on real or perceived discrimination hinders law enforce-
ment efforts and is a threat to public safety. New York state and  local
police policy already requires that officers wear shields and nameplates
at  all  times while in uniform, and that they provide their rank, name,
shield number and command when asked.
  In adopting this act, it is the intent of the legislature to  increase
transparency in police practices and to build trust between police offi-
cers  and  members  of the public by providing the public with notice of
the reasons behind their encounters  with  the  police,  and  a  written
record  of  their interactions with the police in situations that do not
result in an arrest or summons.
  S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 13-B to read
as follows:
                              ARTICLE 13-B
       IDENTIFICATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
SECTION 268. DEFINITIONS.
        269. IDENTIFICATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
  S 268. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS  SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.   "LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY" SHALL MEAN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIV-
ITIES WHEN CONDUCTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06684-01-5
              

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