The New York City Council - File #: Int 0781-2018

• File #: Int 0781-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring a case management system for cases investigated by the special victims division of the NYPD.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/11/2018
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• On agenda: 4/11/2018
• Final action: 12/1/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a case management system for cases investigated by the special victims division of the New York city police department
• Sponsors: Carlina Rivera , Helen K. Rosenthal, Donovan J. Richards, Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Costa G. Constantinides, Vanessa L. Gibson, Deborah L. Rose, Robert F. Holden, Diana I. Ayala, Stephen T. Levin, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/3/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/1/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/29/2018	A	Committee on Public Safety	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm

Int. No. 781-A

By Council Members Rivera, Rosenthal, Richards, Kallos, Lander, Constantinides, Gibson, Rose, Holden, Ayala, Levin and Miller

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a case management system for cases investigated by the special victims division of the New York city police department

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-178 to read as follows:  

§ 14-178 Special victims case management system.

a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Case management system. The term “case management system” means a digital and searchable means of tracking and monitoring investigations of the special victims division.

Identifying information. The term “identifying information” means any information that directly or indirectly identifies the victim of a crime.  

Special victims division. The term “special victims division” means any division, unit, or other entity within the department that primarily investigates the violation of article 130 of the penal law.

b. Case management system. The special victims division shall utilize a secure case management system capable of restricting access to identifying information to individuals who require such access in furtherance of their official functions. Such system shall be capable of creating a record in every instance a member of the department accesses a special victims division case.

c. The department shall conduct quarterly random audits of the case management system to ensure the security of such system. Such audit shall include a review of all individuals outside of the special victims division who have accessed special victims division case files during the previous quarter. The department shall report the results of the audit to the council within 60 days of the end of each quarter.

§ 2. Section 10-177 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 229 for the year 2017, is renumbered section 10-179. Section 10-177 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 242 for the year 2017, is renumbered section 10-180.

§3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

D.A.

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