NY S08977

Requires law enforcement agencies to include lethality assessment questions in the standardized domestic violence incident report form and provide a copy to complainants free of charge.

Mandates the Division of Criminal Justice Services to update the domestic incident report form and develop training by January 1, 2025, with all law enforcement officers required to complete training by January 1, 2026.

Establishes 13 specific lethality assessment questions officers must ask victims in the same order, covering weapon use, threats, strangulation, firearm access, control behaviors, separation status, unemployment, suicide attempts, non-biological children, stalking, and other safety concerns.

Requires officers to advise victims of assessment results, refer them to local domestic violence programs and the state hotline, and file an extreme risk protection order if credible information indicates likelihood of serious harm.

Allows victims to provide copies of a domestic incident report as presumptive evidence of substantial risk of physical or emotional harm when canceling timeshare contracts under General Business Law.