Designates as peace officers certain employees of the Monroe county sheriff's office serving as court security deputies at Monroe county court facilities.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A352
SPONSOR: Bronson TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
as peace officers certain employees of the Monroe county sheriff's
office serving as court security deputies at Monroe county court facili-
ties
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To authorize the inclusion of Monroe County Sheriff deputies as sheriff
court security
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law
is amended by adding a new paragraph g to allow a• deputy sheriff who is
employed by the sheriff's department of Monroe county to perform the
delivery of security services to the courts.
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is needed because current contracts between the court
system and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for the provision of court
security stipulate that those individuals assigned by the latter to
provide such security be peace officers. Consistent with protocols that
are observed in other localities, this will ensure that court security
personnel in Monroe County have the training appropriate and necessary
to discharge their responsibilities safely and effectively. Under pres-
ent circumstances, however, the personnel deployed by the County Sheriff
to provide court security do not qualify as peace officers under the
Criminal Procedure Law.
The Office of Court Administration supports this measure and recommends
approval. They do so because its adoption will (i) enable compliance
with the terms of our security contract with Monroe County (see Judici-
ary Law section 39), and (ii) more importantly, guarantee that the indi-
viduals who provide security for the courts in the County will receive
training specifically appropriate to their jobs at lesser cost to the
County.
The Office of Court Administration takes this position with the under-
standing that this measure is not intended to, nor does it, affect any
existing rights of the individuals occupying titles to be affected by
this measure to participate in certain benefits available under applica-
STATE OF NEW YORK
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352
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
as peace officers certain employees of the Monroe county sheriff's
office serving as court security deputies at Monroe county court
facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 86 to read as follows:
3 86. Persons employed by the Monroe county sheriff's office serving as
4 court security deputies at Monroe county court facilities; provided,
5 however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize
6 such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless
7 the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to section
8 400.00 of the penal law.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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