Bill > S01190

This bill proposes several new legal protections and increased penalties specifically for on-duty auxiliary police officers, which are defined as members of an auxiliary police program organized by a state or local police department while they are performing official duties. The legislation adds new definitions and criminal offenses to the New York penal law, including creating specific felony-level crimes for assaulting an on-duty auxiliary police officer (a class C felony), menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer (a class D felony), and obstructing an on-duty auxiliary police officer's duties by using a self-defense spray device (also a class D felony). The bill also expands existing laws to include on-duty auxiliary police officers in provisions about criminal acts, such as adding them to classifications of violent felony offenses and allowing enhanced penalties for repeat offenses like menacing. Additionally, the bill introduces a new provision that specifically criminalizes intentionally causing physical injury to an on-duty auxiliary police officer by releasing or failing to control an animal with the intent to obstruct their lawful activities. The legislation aims to provide legal protections comparable to those already in place for regular police officers and to deter actions that might interfere with the duties of auxiliary police officers. The act is set to take effect on the first of November following its passage into law.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1190