Int. No. 760
By Council Members Gibson, Torres, Williams and Cumbo
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the maintenance of an information sharing system regarding civil actions, claims, complaints, and investigations alleging improper police conduct
Body
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 to add a new section 14-173 to read as follows:
? 14-173 Information sharing. a. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term "actions, claims, complaints, and investigations" includes, but is not limited to, information regarding civil actions reported pursuant to section 7-112, notices of claim filed against individual police officers received by the comptroller; settlements of claims filed against individual police officers by the comptroller; complaints received and investigations conducted by the civilian complaint review board; closed investigations conducted by the department; reviews of police department investigations conducted by the commission to combat police corruption; complaints received pursuant to section 804 of the charter; and any criminal arrests or closed investigations of individual police officers known to the department for actions taken while on duty.
b. A department or office designated by the mayor shall develop and maintain a system that allows for the electronic access and sharing by the department, the law department, the comptroller, the civilian complaint review board, and the individual responsible for implementing the duties set forth in paragraph 1 of actions, claims, complaints, and investigations.
c. 1. The department shall provide such designated department or office, at a minimum, the following information that shall be electronically accessible by the law department, the comptroller, the civilian complaint review board, and the in...
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