A 4064: Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department.
The bill aims to establish a youth outreach department within various law enforcement agencies, including city, village, town, and district police departments, as well as county sheriff's departments and the state police. These departments will be responsible for designing and carrying out youth activities, with the goal of promoting positive relationships and community engagement between law enforcement and young people. The departments will utilize existing resources to establish these youth outreach programs, which will take effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to local governments |
| Jan. 31, 2025 | referred to local governments |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4064 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the county law, and the exec- utive law, in relation to establishing a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff's departments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 204-bb to read as follows: 3 § 204-bb. Youth outreach department. All police departments organized 4 at the city, village, town, or district level shall establish, from 5 existing resources within such department, a youth outreach department, 6 division, or component for the purposes of designing and carrying out 7 youth activities organized by the police department. 8 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as 9 follows: 10 § 663. Youth outreach department. The sheriff's department of every 11 county shall establish, from existing resources within such department, 12 a youth outreach department, division, or component for the purposes of 13 designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the sheriff's 14 department. 15 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to read 16 as follows: 17 § 236. Youth outreach department. The state police shall establish, 18 from existing resources within the state police, a youth outreach 19 department, division, or component for the purposes of designing and 20 carrying out youth activities organized by the state police. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05981-01-5