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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="94"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 7561 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN SENATE</B></FONT> April 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Wander- ing Officers Act" prohibiting the hiring of certain persons as a police officer <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Wandering Officers Act." 3 § 2. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 5 <B><U>2-c. The council shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning</U></B> 6 <B><U>eligibility of persons for provisional or permanent appointment in the</U></B> 7 <B><U>competitive class of the civil service as police officers of any police</U></B> 8 <B><U>agency or the division of state police to prohibit the provisional or</U></B> 9 <B><U>permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has</U></B> 10 <B><U>previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within</U></B> 11 <B><U>or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer</U></B> 12 <B><U>either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a</U></B> 13 <B><U>disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdic-</U></B> 14 <B><U>tion within or without the state, or if such person resigned while crim-</U></B> 15 <B><U>inal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty</U></B> 16 <B><U>as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.</U></B> 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD02450-01-5 |