2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 35 - Division of Criminal Justice Services › 844-B - New York State Committee for the Coordination of Police Services to Elderly Persons.

§ 844-b. New  York  state  committee  for  the  coordination of police
services to elderly persons. 1. Establishment of the committee. There is
hereby established within the division the "New York state committee for
the coordination of police services to elderly persons", hereinafter the
"committee".
2. Membership of committee. (a)  The  committee  shall  consist  of  a
representative of the commissioner, representative of the superintendent
of  the New York state police, two representatives of the New York state
sheriffs  association,  two  representatives  of  the  New  York   state
association  of  chiefs  of  police, two representatives of the New York
state district attorneys' association, a representative of the  attorney
general,  a  representative  of  the  director  of  the office of victim
services, a representative of the director of the state office  for  the
aging,  a  representative  of  the  commissioner  of  social services, a
representative  of  the  commissioner  of  the  New  York  city   police
department,  a  representative  of  the  New York state crime prevention
coalition and two elderly representatives one to  be  appointed  by  the
temporary  president  of  the senate and the other by the speaker of the
assembly. The commissioner shall make appointments to the  committee  in
accordance  with  nominations  submitted  by  the  relevant  agencies or
organizations. Each member of the committee shall be  appointed  by  the
commissioner  to  serve  a  two  year  term. Any member appointed by the
commissioner may be reappointed  for  additional  terms.  Any  vacancies
shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner as the original appointment and
vacancies created otherwise than by expiration of term shall  be  filled
for the remainder of that unexpired term.
(b)  In  the performance of its functions, the committee shall, to the
extent possible, solicit the participation and  involvement  of  retired
law enforcement personnel.
(c)  The  representative of the commissioner and the superintendent of
the state police shall serve as co-chairpersons of the committee.
(d) Membership of the committee shall not constitute the holding of  a
public  office,  and  members  of the committee shall not be required to
take and file oaths of office before serving on the committee.
(e) The members of the committee shall  receive  no  compensation  for
their services as members.
(f)  No member of the committee shall be disqualified from holding any
public office or employment, nor shall any member forfeit any employment
or office by reason of his or her membership on the committee.
(g) The committee shall meet as often as deemed necessary, but  in  no
event less than two times per year.
3.  Duties  and  responsibilities.    The  committee  shall advise the
division,  the  state  police,  county  sheriffs  and  other  local  law
enforcement  agencies,  and senior advocates chosen in consultation with
the state office for the aging, in the study and evaluation of effective
responses, including "Triad Programs," to the problems of crime  against
elderly  persons.  The  committee may also consult with experts, service
providers and representative organizations engaged in the protection  of
the  elderly  and  may  recommend the development of programs, including
"Triad Programs", in the state of New York  to  assist  the  elderly  to
avoid  criminal  victimization  through the coordinated efforts of state
and local law  enforcement  agencies  and  organizations  which  provide
services  for the elderly. The committee may also recommend policies and
programs to assist law enforcement agencies to implement such  programs,
including  training  and  prevention standards and technical assistance.
Such recommendations may include the following:
(a) the establishment  of  statewide  and  central  clearinghouse  for
information and education materials;
(b)  the  development  of innovative community police programs for the
elderly;
(c)  providing  assistance to the municipal police training council in
the  development  and  delivery   of   training   to   law   enforcement
professionals  involved  in  the  "Triad  Programs"  including,  but not
limited to, the subjects of:
(i) crimes against the elderly and the protection of elderly persons;
(ii) police sensitivity to the needs of elderly persons as victims and
witnesses;
(iii) social and human services;
(d) providing assistance to state and local law enforcement  officials
and  to  not-for-profit  corporations,  organizations  with  respect  to
effective policies and responses to crimes against elderly persons;
(e) promoting and facilitating cooperation among  state  agencies  and
local units of government;
(f)  effective  advocacy  of  services  to protect elderly persons and
elderly victims of crime;
(g) evaluating the relationship between crimes against elderly persons
and   other   problems   confronting   elderly   persons,   and   making
recommendations for effective policy response;
(h) the collection of statistical data and research; and
(i)  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to carry out the
purposes of this section.
3-a. Reports. On or before March first, nineteen hundred  ninety-eight
and  annually  thereafter  the  committee  shall report to the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of  the
assembly  committee  on  aging  and the chair of the senate committee on
aging, on the incidence of reports of abuse  of  elderly  persons.  Such
report  shall  consist  of  information  from  reports  forwarded to the
committee by local law enforcement agencies pursuant to  section  140.10
of  the  criminal  procedure law including number of reported incidents,
ages of victims and alleged offenders,  circumstances  of  the  incident
whether  arrests  were  made and the sentence, if any, of the offenders.
Such report shall also  recommend  policies  and  programs  to  aid  law
enforcement agencies, the courts and the New York state office of victim
services  in  efforts  to assist elder victims of domestic violence. The
report  shall  also  include  recommendations  designed  to  assist  law
enforcement agencies in implementing "Triad Programs".
4. Definition. As used in this section, the term "Triad Program" shall
mean  the  triad cooperative model developed by the American Association
of  retired  Persons,  the  National  Sheriffs'  Association   and   the
International  Association  of  Chiefs  of  Police  which  calls for the
participation  of  the  sheriff,  at  least  one  police  chief,  and  a
representative  of  at  least one senior citizens' organization within a
county and may include participation by general  service  coalitions  of
law   enforcement,   victim   service,   and   senior  citizen  advocate
organizations.
If there is not both a sheriff and a police chief in a  county  or  if
the sheriff or a police chief do not participate, a Triad may include in
the  place  of  the  sheriff or police chief another key law enforcement
official in the county such as a district attorney.