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History
- Print number 7309a
- Amend (t) and recommit to finance
- Referred to finance
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BILL NUMBER:S7309A
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting bias-based profiling by state and local law enforcement officers
Purpose or general idea of bill
To address concerns of discrimination derived from police stop-and-frisk tactics.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Legislative Intent - to protect the personal privacy of all New Yorkers, to shield police officers from false claims of wrongdoing, and to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of our criminal justice system.
Section 2: Creates Article 13-B of the Executive law - Sec.268 - Proof of consent prior to conducting searches - prior to conducting a search without a warrant an officer shall articulate that the person is being asked to voluntarily consent to a search, create an audio or written and signed record of such consent prior to the search. Failure to comply shall be considered a factor in determining the voluntariness of the consent.
Sec. 269 - Report - The New York State police and local law enforcement shall submit an annual report to the legislature which shall include the total number of searches broken down by each precinct and by the race, ethnicity, sex and age of the person searched. The report shall also include the total number of declined searches.
Section 3: Separability clause
Section 4: This act shall take effect the 90th day after it shall have become law.
Justification
Of the 685,724 New Yorkers that were subjected to stop and frisk last year, 88% were innocent and the only common theme was that the majority of those stopped were Black or Latino. The studies have shown that although the amount of stop-and-frisks have increased, the amount of arrests remain dismal. There is an invasion of privacy and a dynamic of mistrust created by stop-and-frisk tactics which in turn compromises the effectiveness of our police force.
Prior legislative history
New legislation.
Fiscal implications
Unknown.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the 90th day after it shall have become law.
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