Bill > S00374

This bill amends the New York Penal Law to increase the punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers, such as criminally negligent homicide, assault, or menacing. It defines an "on-duty auxiliary police officer" as a member of an auxiliary police program organized and maintained by a state or local police department. The bill creates new crimes, including "assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer" and "menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer," which are classified as felonies. It also adds "menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer" as a predicate offense for the crime of "menacing in the first degree" and creates the crime of "obstructing the duties of an on-duty auxiliary police officer by means of a self-defense spray device."

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S374