The New York City Council - File #: Int 0785-2018

• File #: Int 0785-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the NYPD to develop a comprehensive special victims training program.
• 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 the New York city police department to develop a comprehensive special victims training program
• Sponsors: Helen K. Rosenthal, Mark Levine, Donovan J. Richards, Laurie A. Cumbo, 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	*	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
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	A	Committee on Public Safety	Approved by Committee	Pass
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. 785-A

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

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to develop a comprehensive special victims training program
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 by adding a new section 14-180 to read as follows:
? 14-180 Special victims training.
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Sexual crimes. The term "sexual crimes" means any offense in article 130 of the penal law.
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.
Special victims investigator. The term "special victims investigator" means any member of the department whose primary duties include investigating sexual crimes and who regularly interacts with the victims of sexual crimes.
b. Special victims training program. The department, after considering information from outside experts, shall develop and implement a victim-centered special victims training program designed to develop skills related to the investigation of sexual crimes and the specific needs of victims of sexual crimes. The curriculum shall consider nationally recognized best practices and factors contributing to the additional complexity of sexual assault investigations including the depth of victimization, the negative social consequences of sexual assault, the trauma and neurobiological damage inflicted by sexual assault, the complexity of victim management, the falsity or partially truthful disclosure of complaints, the large unreported rate of sexual assa...