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Int 0605-2014

Require the police department to post quarterly reports on its website relating to the use of “seat belt holds” and “chokeholds.”

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2014-12-17

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2014-12-17Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill requires the NYPD to report the total number of “seatbelt holds” used, including instances when the holds were deemed failed and a chokehold was used.

Committee on Public SafetyPolice Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

How it compares

22% of similar bills passed

11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 1110 days in committee

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Sponsors (8)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-12-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-12-17 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2014-12-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (1)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-155 to read as follows: �14-155. Use of "seat belt holds" and "chokeholds". a. Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to this section: 1. "Chokehold" shall mean to wrap an arm around or grip a person's neck in a manner that may limit or cut off either the flow of air by compressing the windpipe, or the flow of blood through the carotid arteries on each side of the neck. 2. "Seat belt hold" shall mean to wrap an arm over a person's shoulder with the other arm wrapped under the opposite armpit with hands clasped together in front of the body. b. Use of "seat belt hold" and "chokehold" reports. The commissioner shall post a report on the department website within twenty days of the beginning of each fiscal year quarter containing information pertaining to the use of force for the prior quarter. Such quarterly report shall include: (1) the total number of "seat belt holds"; and (2) the total number of "seat belt holds" that were deemed failed and resulted in the use of a "chokehold." �2. This local law shall take effect immediately. BG/RC LS 2677/2014 12/11/14, 4:45P