Bill > S08977

This bill amends the Executive Law and the General Business Law to require law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence. The lethality assessment involves a series of questions to determine the risk of serious harm to the victim, and the results must be documented in the report. The bill also requires law enforcement officers to receive training on how to administer the lethality assessment, and for this training to be incorporated into the training for new law enforcement officers.