What's happening
This bill exempts certain New York City correction and sanitation officers from security guard training and designates NYC correction officers as peace officers.
Why it matters
Expanding exemptions from security guard training. By exempting New York City correction and sanitation officers from state-mandated security guard training requirements, the bill recognizes their existing law enforcement training as sufficient, potentially streamlining their transition into private security roles and reducing redundant training.
Elevating status of NYC correction officers. Granting New York City correction officers peace officer status under criminal procedure law enhances their legal authority, enabling them to perform a wider range of law enforcement functions (such as making arrests and carrying firearms) both on- and potentially off-duty, which could affect public safety dynamics.
Parity with other law enforcement roles. The bill brings NYC correction and sanitation officers in line with their state counterparts and other peace officers regarding legal status and exemptions, potentially impacting labor negotiations, job mobility, and inter-agency cooperation.
Broader implications for workforce and oversight. By lowering barriers for certain city employees to work in the security field and expanding law enforcement powers, the legislation could affect workforce composition in both public and private sectors, while also raising questions about oversight, accountability, and training standards for those newly designated as peace officers.
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- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Waive Training for City Officers
In Assembly Committee · Economic Development · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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STATE OF NEW YORK
422
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to exempting certain officers of the departments of correction and sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards; and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating correction officers of New York city as peace officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs a, f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the general business law, paragraphs a and f as amended and paragraph g as added by chapter 221 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new paragraph h is added to read as follows:
a. a correction officer of any state correctional facility or a member of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law;
f. a police officer as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (k), (l), (o) and (p) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that a retired police officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to his or her security guard employer of his or her satisfactory completion of an eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the commissioner, and provided further, however, that a retired police officer who will be required by his or her security guard employer to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have access to a firearm shall provide to such employer proof of his or her satisfactory completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training course approved by the commissioner
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and, if such firearms training course has not been completed within one year prior to such employment, satisfactory completion of an additional eight hour annual firearms in-service training course approved by the commissioner, such training course to be completed at least annually; [or]
g. a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and twentyfive and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that a retired peace officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to his or her security guard employer of his or her satisfactory completion of an eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the municipal police training council, and provided further, however, that a retired peace officer who will be required by his or her security guard employer to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have access to a firearm shall provide to such employer proof of his or her satisfactory completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training course approved by the municipal police training council and, if such firearms training course has not been completed within one year prior to employment, satisfactory completion of an additional eight hour annual firearms in-service training course approved by the municipal police training council, such training course to be completed at least annually[.]; or
h. an officer or member of the sanitation police of the department of sanitation of the city of New York having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision fifty-nine of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law.
§ 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision pursuant to rules of the department, and correction officers of any state or New York city correctional facility or of any penal correctional institution.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to exempting certain officers of the departments of correction and sani- tation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards; and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to desig- nating correction officers of New York city as peace officers
Purpose or general idea of bill
Exempts certain officers of the departments of correction and sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards.
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill amends paragraphs a, f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the General Business Law, and a new paragraph h is added. Paragraph h provides exemption from the provisions of this section to officers or members of the sanitation police of the Depart- ment of Sanitation of city of New York, who have powers of a peace offi- cer.
Section two of this bill amends subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law to include New York City correctional facilities.
Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Currently, the laws governing licensing of security guards require certain training requirements to ensure security guards are knowledge- able in the duties they will perform. However, certain persons who have the title of peace officer are either exempt from these training requirements or are granted waivers for these requirements.
In the current law, it specifies that a number of titles are exempt from the training requirements. These titles include police officers, NYS Correction Officers, Bridge and Tunnel officers, sergeants and lieuten- ants, uniformed court officers and court clerks with peace officer status and NYC sheriffs. With this current language in the law, only NYS uniformed correction personnel receive the exemption. This legislation provides exemptions for all uniformed correction officers and sanitation police officers who are dully qualified as peace officers under New York State law.
Prior legislative history
2018: S.5282 -Passed Senate / A.4502 - Referred to Economic Development 2017: S.5282 -Passed Senate / A.4502 - Referred to Economic Development 2016: S.2821 -Passed Senate 2015: S.2821 -Passed Senate 2014: S.3606- Passed Senate 2013: S.3606- Passed Senate 2012: S.7545- Referred to Consumer Protection
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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