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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting the use of unmarked police vehicles
Purpose
To prevent motorists from being victimized by criminals impersonating police officers by providing that only marked police vehicles may be used to pull over motorists for alleged violations of the vehicle and traffic law.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds a new §1102-a to the vehicle and traffic law to prohibit the use of unmarked police cars to routinely stop or apprehend operators of motor vehicles for certain violations.
Section 2 contains the effective date.
Justification
On April 17, 1996, Governor Pataki issued Executive Order 35 providing that unmarked police vehicles of the State of New York could no longer be used for the routine stopping of motorists in connection with traffic violations. The Governor's Executive Order referred to the incidence of motorists being "victimized by criminals driving private vehicles falsely impersonating police officers on patrol."
This bill simply seeks to extend the logic of the Governor's Executive Order to local police fleets. The compelling public safety concerns behind the Governor's decision to bar unmarked State police vehicles from pulling over motorists for alleged traffic violations apply equally well to unmarked local and municipal police vehicles. The bill explicitly states that it applies only to attempted stops made in connection with traffic violations; unmarked police cars may still be used for traffic surveillance and to pull over motorists for alleged penal law violations. Furthermore, the bill makes clear that the use of an unmarked police car to pull over a motorist for a traffic violation shall not mitigate or invalidate an otherwise legal stop.
LEGISLATIVE. HISTORY :
2007/08: S.5111 Transportation; A.6088 Transportation 2005/06: S.4910-A Transportation; A.1268 Transportation
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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