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NY A01284

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Philip Ramos

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits hiring any person as a police officer in New York if they were previously fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or outside the state
  • Bars employment of officers who left a police position while under investigation or facing disciplinary action that could have resulted in termination
  • Prevents hiring officers who resigned while criminal charges were pending related to on-duty conduct
  • Applies to both provisional and permanent appointments in the civil service competitive class for all police agencies and the Division of State Police
  • Requires the Municipal Police Training Council to promulgate rules and regulations implementing these hiring restrictions

Legislative Description

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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