File #: Int 0781-2022    Version: Name: Requiring the police department to report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/12/2022
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 report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports
Sponsors: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Lincoln Restler, Amanda Farías
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Police Department to include in vehicle encounter reports the justification used by an officer to conduct a vehicle stop and if an observed offense was cited as the justification for a vehicle stop whether the offense was at the level of an infraction, violation, misdemeanor or felony.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 781-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 781, 3. Int. No. 781, 4. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022, 7. Proposed Int. No. 781-A - 3/22/23
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10/12/2022*Public Advocate Jumaane Williams City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/12/2022*Public Advocate Jumaane Williams City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Proposed Int. No. 781-A

 

By the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) and Council Members Restler and Farías

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 14-191 of the administrative code of the city of New York, added by local law number 45 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

a. No later than April 30, 2022 and no later than 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor and post on the department’s website a report containing the following information for the previous quarter:

1. the total number of vehicle stops conducted by officers;

2. the total number of vehicles stopped by officers at roadblocks or checkpoints except those established due to an emergency, such as a crime scene, fire, building collapse or damage caused by extreme weather conditions or other natural disaster events;

3. the total number of vehicle stops conducted by officers disaggregated by the justification for the stop, which shall include any offenses observed and whether such offense is an infraction, violation, misdemeanor or felony;

[3.] 4. the total number of summonses issued in connection with a vehicle stop, roadblock stop, or checkpoint stop;

[4.] 5. the total number of arrests made in connection with a vehicle stop, roadblock stop, or checkpoint stop;

[5.] 6. the total number of vehicle stops, roadblock stops, and checkpoint stops;

[6.] 7. the total number of vehicles stopped that were vehicles licensed by the taxi and limousine commissioner, were cars or sport utility vehicles and were trucks or [busses] buses, motorcycles, or bicycles;

[7.] 8. the total number of summonses issued, disaggregated by whether civil or criminal offenses were charged;

[8.] 9. the total number of arrests made and the top offenses charged;

[9.] 10. the total number of vehicles seized as the result of a vehicle stop, a roadblock or checkpoint;

[10.] 11. the total number of searches of vehicles, disaggregated by whether consent was provided for such searches; and

[11.] 12. the total number of use of force incidents, as defined in section 14-158, that occurred in connection with a vehicle stop, a roadblock or checkpoint.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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