What's happening
This bill exempts licensed private investigators, armed security guards, and armored car guards from certain weapons possession laws while on duty, provided they meet training requirements.
Why it matters
Expands legal authority for certain security professionals. to possess and carry large capacity ammunition feeding devices and specific impact weapons (like batons or billy clubs) while on duty, provided they are licensed and have completed designated training—potentially improving their ability to respond to dangerous situations.
Requires additional training and oversight. , as the exemption only applies if private investigators, armed security guards, and armored car guards complete a state-approved firearms course and any other training prescribed by the superintendent of state police, aiming to ensure responsible and lawful use.
Limits the exemption to professional activities. , meaning these individuals are only covered while performing official duties or traveling directly to and from work, which helps balance public safety concerns with the needs of security personnel.
May impact the private security industry. , potentially making it easier for employers to provide armed protection services and for employees to carry the tools necessary for their jobs, while still maintaining state control over who can possess these weapons and under what circumstances.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1755
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, FINCH, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exemptions for possession of firearms and other dangerous weapons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new paragraph 17 to read as follows:
17. Possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as defined in subdivision twenty-three of section 265.00 of this article, by licensed private investigators registered under article seven of the general business law, armed security guards licensed pursuant to article seven-A of the general business law or armored car guards licensed pursuant to article eight-C of the general business law who possess a valid pistol license pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter and have successfully completed the forty-seven hour firearms training course specified in section eighty-nine-n of the general business law while in the performance of their official duties.
§ 2. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
f. Section 265.01 of this article shall not apply to possession of a truncheon, baton, bludgeon, billy club, blackjack, or similar type weapon by a licensed private investigator, a licensed armed security officer or armored car guard. Such officer or guard shall be required to have appropriate training, as the superintendent of state police, by regulation, may prescribe, in the use of such weapon, including but not limited to the defensive use of such weapon and instruction in the legal use of deadly physical force pursuant to article thirty-five of this chapter. The possession of such weapon shall only be permitted under this section when such officer or guard is engaged in his or her lawful duties related to employment as a licensed armed security officer or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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armored car guard, or in the transportation to or from such person's home to or from his or her place of employment.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the superintendent of state police may promulgate any rule or regulation related to the training requirement under subdivision f of section 265.20 of the penal law as added by section two of this act.
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