File #: Int 1101-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring the police department to disseminate information and provide officer training on requisites for filing reports and criminal complaints of identity theft and related crimes.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/23/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to disseminate information and provide officer training on requisites for filing reports and criminal complaints of identity theft and related crimes
Sponsors: Yusef Salaam, Crystal Hudson, Farah N. Louis, Nantasha M. Williams, Kalman Yeger , Susan Zhuang, Shaun Abreu, Chris Banks, Amanda Farías, Justin L. Brannan
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would require the Police Department to publish information on its website relating to the process of reporting alleged identity theft to the department and filing criminal complaints of alleged identity theft and related crimes, including information on what documentation is needed to file related complaints. The Police Department would also be required to train officers on receiving complaints and investigating alleged identity theft, and related department policies.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1101, 2. Int. No. 1101, 3. October 23, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Committee Report 10/30/24, 5. Hearing Testimony 10/30/24, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-23-24
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Int. No. 1101

 

By Council Members Salaam, Hudson, Louis, Williams, Yeger, Zhuang, Abreu, Banks, Farías and Brannan

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to disseminate information and provide officer training on requisites for filing reports and criminal complaints of identity theft and related crimes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-198 to read as follows:

§ 14-198. Identity theft public information and officer training. a.  No later than March 30, 2025, the department shall publish information relating to the process of reporting alleged identity theft to the department and filing criminal complaints of alleged identity theft and related crimes. The department shall also identify, track, and publish information regarding patterns of criminal conduct that constitute emerging trends in identity theft related crimes. Such information shall be posted on the department’s website, prominently displayed for public access, publicized using department social media accounts, and shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

1. Information on identity theft, including the types of conduct that constitute identity theft, how personal information is stolen and used, and guidance for the public on how to protect their personal information and avoid being a target of identity theft;

2.  Information relating to reporting alleged incidents of identity theft to the department and filing criminal complaints of alleged identity theft, including but not limited to, information on requisite elements of such crimes, and department processes for receiving such reports and investigating such complaints; and

3.  Information related to documentation needed to report alleged incidents of identity theft to the department and file criminal complaints alleging identity theft, including instructions for members of the public on what financial documents or other supporting information is needed to report alleged incidents of identify theft and file related criminal complaints and how to obtain such documentation.

b.  No later than March 31, 2025, all uniformed members of the department, shall receive training on receiving reports of alleged identify theft and criminal complaints of alleged identity theft, and working with other members of the department, as well as non-departmental law enforcement entities, to investigate such complaints as warranted. Such training shall include but need not be limited to, instruction on: (i) the types of illegal conduct that warrant reporting and constitute identity theft; (ii) the types of proof that are available and necessary to report alleged identify theft to the department and support filing a criminal complaint alleging identity theft; (iii) how to receive and process identity theft reports and criminal complaints in accordance with department policies; and (iv) internal processes for identifying and reporting patterns of emerging criminal conduct or fraudulent schemes. All new recruits joining the department after March 31, 2025, shall receive training as required by this section as part of their academy training.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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LS #18007/18012

10/21/2024