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Increases the penalties for criminal impersonation in the first and second degrees
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalties for criminal impersonation in the first and second degrees
Purpose
Relates to increasing the penalties for the crime for criminal impersonation in both the first and second degrees.
Summary of provisions
The bill changes the designation of second degree criminal impersonation from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. In addition, criminal impersonation in the first degree, currently a class E felony, would be reclassified as a class D felony.
Justification
Criminal impersonation is a heinous crime in which an individual poses as a law enforcement officer, a physician, or any such person of authority in order to gain the trust and acquiescence of the victim. Recently, Nassau County Police arrested a police impersonator who shot and killed a Long Island bank manager during a motor vehicle stop. This incident was preceded by several Nassau County robberies by police impersonators, in which managers of stores were followed and pulled over by an armed police impersonator. In the interest of granting the authorities greater prosecutorial power and that of enhancing overall public safety, this bill raises the penalties for offenders convicted of criminal impersonation in either the first or second degree.
Legislative history
2005 Passed Senate, 2006 Codes Committee (S.2471/A.4692) 2007-2008: Passed the Senate (S.1532/A.3456)
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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