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Int 0757-2024

Requiring civilian complaint review board members to participate in a ride-along with a member of the police department.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2024-04-11

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require members of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to ride along with a member of the New York City Police Department, within the first year of their appointment.

Committee on Public Safety — Police 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

8% of similar bills passed

4 passed · 46 died

This bill: 628 days in committee

Similar bills: median 644 days · 416 days when passed

Sponsors (2)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 440 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new paragraph 8 to read as follows: 8. Within the first year after appointment, each member of the board shall participate in a ride-along with a member of the police department. The ride-along shall be: (i) at least 2 hours long; and (ii) conducted in the presence of a police officer performing police duties. The failure by a board member to complete the ride-along within the first year after appointment shall not affect the validity of the member's appointment to the board. A member appointed to fill a vacancy on the board shall be exempt from the requirements of this paragraph if the balance of the unexpired term the member is appointed to serve is less than 1 year. � 2. Subdivision (d) of section 440 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows: 4. The police commissioner shall cooperate with members of the board to facilitate the ride-along with a member of the police department required by subdivision (c) of this section. � 3. This local law takes effect immediately. PS LS #12748 8/3/2023 2:00 PM 1 1