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Public Protection
Supporting Law Enforcement
01 Protect Law Enforcement
Police Safety Equipment Grant Program: Establish the police safety equipment grant program within the Division of Criminal Justice Services and make an appropriation (A.5532, Smith).
Unfounded Complaints: Prevent unfounded complaints against first responders from being disclosed or added to their personnel records (A.2727, JA. Giglio).
Making a False Accusation: Create the crime of offering a false accusation against a police officer when filing a report against a police officer knowing the information is false or baseless (A.4205, Morinello).
Exposing a First Responder to Fentanyl: Include exposing a first responder to fentanyl, or a fentanyl derivative, in the definition of the offense of Assault in the First Degree (A.4085-A, Durso).
Stalking a Police Officer: Introduced in response to the “50-a repeal” - Creates the class A misdemeanor crime of stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer, or firefighter when, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm such officer, a person intentionally engages in a course of conduct that is likely to cause reasonable fear of physical injury or serious physical injury, the commission of a sex offense against, or the kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, or death of such officer or a member of his/her immediate family. Such course of conduct may be conducted in person or electronically, including, but not limited to, the use of a social media network (A.3139, Reilly).
“Swatting”: Makes the act of “swatting” a class E felony, which occurs when someone makes a false report in an attempt to draw a large number of police officers to a certain location that will likely result in public alarm or inconvenience (A.2977, Gray).
Killing a Police Animal: Elevate killing a police work dog or police work horse from a class E felony to a class D felony (A.5558, Brabenec).
02 Punish Criminals Targeting First Responders
Reinstating the Death Penalty in New York State: Making it an available sentence for those convicted of the intentional killing of police officers, specified peace officers, and first responders, among others (A.3906, Barclay).
No Parole for Murder Involving a First Responder: Require a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for Murder in the First Degree involving the killing of a first responder (A.5747-A, Slater).
Life Imprisonment: Making life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of Murder in the First or Second Degree if the victim is a police officer, specified peace officer, first responder, or correctional officer (A.7472, Angelino).
Menacing a Police Officer: Establish the offenses of Menacing a Police Officer or Peace Officer in the First Degree and Menacing a Police Officer or Peace Officer in the Second Degree (A.6338, DeStefano).
Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm: Create a class B felony when a person willfully discharges a loaded firearm when pointed at a peace officer, police officer, corrections officer, firefighter, or emergency services professional (A.4522, Durso).
Increased Penalties for Crimes During a Riot: Enhance the penalties for crimes committed during a riot (A.3373, Reilly).
Failure to Retreat: Make it a class D felony for any person to approach or remain within 25 feet of police officers in the performance of their duties when ordered to retreat (A.4211, Morinello).
Obstructing a Police Officer: Makes it a felony to intentionally interfere with or inhibit a police officer or peace officer from engaging in the course of performing their official duties including (1) spitting, throwing, or spilling items, liquid, or otherwise, at or on such officer; or (2) pushing, shoving, kicking, physically impeding, or otherwise subjecting such officer to physical contact (A.5540, Smith).
Hate Crimes Against First Responders: Designates offenses against law enforcement, emergency medical services personnel, and/or firefighters as hate crimes, thereby increasing the penalty for the offense (A.3417, DeStefano).
Hate Crimes Against Police: Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes and designates making graffiti as a specified offense (A.2964, Ra).
Felony Resisting Arrest: Creates a class E felony when a person commits Resisting Arrest in the Second Degree and has been previously convicted within the preceding five years of Resisting Arrest in the Second Degree (A.3584, Jensen).
Aggravated Resisting Arrest: Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest as when a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of such person or another person through the use of physical force, where such authorized arrest is for a crime that is a felony (A.3140, Reilly).
Aggravated Assault on a Police/Peace Officer: Amends the class B violent felony crime of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer by removing the requirement that the offender must use a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument when causing serious physical injury to a police officer or peace officer (A.5472, Smith).
Assault on a Member of an Auxiliary Police Program: Adds on-duty auxiliary police officers to the list of public servants for whom it is an Assault in the Second Degree if an individual causes physical injury while intending to prevent such public servant from performing a lawful duty (A.5544, Smith).
03 Safety for Correctional Officers
Contraband Screening at Correctional Facilities: Require the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to establish a comprehensive contraband screening plan in correctional facilities (A.5388, Palmesano).
Harassment of Employees/Correction Officers: Makes it a class E felony crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual to spit at such employee with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or cause alarm (A.1869-A, Hawley).
HALT Repeal: Repeal the HALT Act, which severely limits/eliminates the ability to place dangerous inmates in special housing units separated from the general population (A.3196, Simpson).
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