What's happening
This bill bans employment contracts in New York law enforcement agencies from including provisions allowing employees to delay cooperating with investigations.
Why it matters
Aims to increase transparency and accountability in law enforcement. by ensuring that officers cannot delay internal investigations through employment contract provisions, thus speeding up potential disciplinary or investigative actions.
Targets a common practice in police union contracts. that can shield officers from timely scrutiny after incidents, potentially reducing the ability to “cool off” or coordinate stories before giving statements.
Applies not only to new contracts but also to any contract that is renewed, modified, or amended. after the law takes effect, ensuring broad and ongoing applicability across all New York law enforcement agencies.
Declares any contrary contract language void as against public policy. , signaling a strong legislative intent to prioritize public interest and departmental integrity over negotiated delays in officer cooperation.
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End Delay in Police Questioning
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
15
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, ORTIZ, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to contracts for employment in law enforcement agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 211-b to read as follows:
§ 211-b. Contracts; law enforcement agencies; certain provisions prohibited. No contract, covenant, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to an agreement or contract for employment in any law enforcement agency in this state shall contain any provision or language which permits any employee of such agency who is involved in an incident, which is or may become the subject of a departmental or agency investigation or disciplinary process, to refuse to cooperate with or speak to agency or department officials for a designated period of time following such incident. Any such language or provision which purports to create such a period of time during which an employee is not required to report an incident or during which such employee may not be subject to questioning by agency officials shall be deemed void as against public policy.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02502-01-9
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