What's happening
This bill authorizes the Attorney General to review and determine prosecution jurisdiction for police-involved civilian serious injury or death cases.
Why it matters
Creates a formal review process for police-involved serious injury or death cases. The bill requires that the Attorney General must review any incident where a police officer’s actions are alleged to have caused serious injury or death to a civilian, adding an additional layer of oversight to these high-stakes cases.
Shifts decision-making power on prosecution jurisdiction. The Attorney General—not local authorities—will decide whether the case should continue with the local district attorney or be handled by a special prosecutor appointed by the governor. This could impact how such cases are prosecuted and potentially reduce conflicts of interest at the local level.
Establishes a time frame for accountability. The review by the Attorney General must occur within sixty days of the incident, ensuring timely action and potentially increasing public trust in the accountability process for police conduct.
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Who cares
Attorney general’s office
The bill would require review within 60 days of incidents in which on-duty police conduct allegedly caused a civilian’s serious injury or death, followed by a decision on prosecutorial jurisdiction.
Local district attorneys
The attorney general would decide whether an incident remains within their jurisdiction or is prosecuted by a governor-appointed special prosecutor.
Police officers
Conduct connected to their official duties that allegedly seriously injures or kills a civilian would trigger attorney general review.
Seriously injured civilians and families of civilians killed by police
The bill would require attorney general review of these incidents and a determination of who would handle any prosecution.
Headline styles
Attorney General Reviews Police Killings
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to codes
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
AG Reviews Police Killings
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10575
IN ASSEMBLY
June 3, 2020
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Perry) -read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority of the attorney general to review incidents where a civilian is killed by a police officer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. Review any incident involving the conduct of a police officer in connection with the performance of his or her official duties, wherein such conduct is alleged to have caused the serious injury or death of a civilian, within sixty days of the incident. Upon such review, the attorney general shall determine whether the incident being brought forth will remain within the jurisdiction of the local district attorney's office or be prosecuted under the jurisdiction of a special prosecutor appointed by the governor.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06115-01-9
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