Land For Sale: W. Water
New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan
Table of Contents:
SECTION
PAGE NUMBERS
Introduction
Department Profile
Municipality Demographics
Agency Demographics
Pages 2 – 3
Page 2
Page 3
Page 3
Reform & Reinvention Collaboration Process
Collaborative Approach
Opt-in Partners
Team Leadership
Process Implementation Approach & Timeline
Pages 3 – 5
Page 3
Page 4
Page 4
Page 5
Public Participation & Feedback Channels
Community Stakeholder Groups
Listening Sessions
Surveys
Page 5 - 7
Page 6
Page 6
Pages 6-7
Painted Post Village Reform Plan
New York State Mandates
PPPD Reforms
Pages 8 - 19
Pages 8-11
Pages 12-19
Appendix
Page 20
Executive Order No. 203
New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan
January 2021
INTRODUCTION:
On June 12, 2020, Governor A. Cuomo issued an executive order directing municipalities that employ police officers to actively engage stakeholders in the local community and develop locally approved plans for the strategies, policies and procedures of local police agencies. In accordance with this order, the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Cities of Corning and Hornell, Villages of Addison, Bath, Canisteo, Hammondsport, Painted Post and Wayland, and the Town of Cohocton, entered a collaborative effort to move through a county-wide process to enact police reform plans.
Department Profile:
Municipality: Village of Painted Post
Law Enforcement Agency: Painted Post Police Department
Village of Painted Post’s Executive Officer: Ralph Foster, Mayor
Police Dept Officer In Charge: OIC Shawn M. Copp
Municipality Demographics:
The Village of Painted Post is located in the Town of Erwin. The Painted Post Police Department is the local police agency and provides assistance to the full and part-time police agencies within the surrounding area. The 2019 estimated Census data indicates that the Village population is 1,612 with 91.3% white, 3.7% Asian, and 2% spread out in unknown percentages across other races. The Median age is 41.5 years for every 100 people. The Median income for a household within the Village is $53,672. A total of 7.3% of the households are below the poverty level.
Agency Demographics:
The Painted Post Village Police Department consists of 7 total employees. The department consists of 1 Officer In Charge, 1 Full-Time Patrolman, 5 Part-Time Patrolman. Of the employees within the department all 7 are white males.
REFORM & REINVENTION COLLABORATION PROCESS
Collaborative Opt-in Approach:
The Village of Painted Post partnered with other villages, towns, and cities in Steuben County as a collaborative effort. Corning Incorporated, which is headquartered in Steuben County provided a resource to assist with program management and change management expertise.
Opt-in Agency Partners:
Steuben County Sheriff’s Office (32 towns)
Village of Addison
Village of Bath
Village of Canisteo
Town of Cohocton
City of Corning
Village of Hammondsport
City of Hornell
Village of Painted-Post
Village of Wayland
Team Leadership:
Jim Allard, Steuben County Sheriff
Kyle Amidon, Canisteo Police Chief
Brooks Baker, Steuben County District Attorney
Mark Barnhart, Cohocton & Wayland Officer in Charge,
Bill Boland, Corning Mayor
Shawn Copp, Painted Post Officer in Charge
Jason Dininny, Hammondsport Officer in Charge
Chad Mullen, Bath Police Chief
Ted Murray, Hornell Police Chief
Mark Ryckman, Corning City Manager
Steve Sellard, Addison Officer in Charge
Jeff Spaulding, Corning Police Chief
Jack K. Wheeler, Steuben County Manager
Dawn White, Corning Incorporated Program Manager
Process Implementation Approach & Timeline
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & FEEDBACK CHANNELS
Community Team Members: (106 key stakeholder participants across 60 organizations; See Appendix 1-1)
Steuben County Law Officials
Steuben County Elected & Appointed Officials
Representatives from Steuben County Nonprofit Organizations, Healthcare Organizations, Educational Institutions, and Businesses
Citizens who represent marginalized populations
Listening Sessions:
Conducted 9/9- 9/17 via Zoom and were advertised via the local news channels, newspapers, websites, and social media with an estimated 300+ participants
3 Public Listening Sessions were open to all Steuben County citizens
10 Private listening sessions were held with these special audiences:
Community Stakeholder Participant groups, Substance Use Disorders, Corning Community College students, Corning Black Employee Network, SPECTRA LGBTQ group, Global Latino Community, Friendship Baptist Church, Face to Faith Ministries, Steuben Greens, LGBTQ+ Community
Surveys: (anonymous participation for all)
Stakeholder Group Participant Survey:
15 survey questions and 4 demographic data questions sent out via email
Target audience of 103 stakeholders; 83 participants for an 81% response rate
Meeting held with participants to review the results
General Public Survey:
15 survey questions and 4 demographic data questions; Notifications shared via news channels, newspapers, websites, and social media from 8/12 – 8/22
Printed copies dropped off at various locations and collected by city & law enforcement personnel for manual entry
Target audience of 95,000 county residents; 1,766 participants for a 1.8% response rate
Results posted for public viewing
Police Officer Survey:
6 survey questions, and 1 demographic question to identify their police department disseminated via email and printed copies
Target audience of 100 police officers; 52 participants for a 52% response rate
Results posted for public viewing
Arrested Persons Questionnaire
3 survey questions and 3 demographic data questions asked during booking about the professionalism of the arresting officer(s). Agencies in Steuben County participated during September 2020.
55 participants
PAINTED POST POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORM PLAN
The reform plan, in accordance with public feedback and the executive order requirements, consists of six primary themes:
NYS Mandated Changes, Equality and Social Justice, Transparency and Accountability, Community Relations, Operational Policy & Procedures and Training.
NEW YORK STATE MANDATES:
The reform items found in this section are derived directly from the Executive Order No. 203
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 1
NYSM – 1.
Civil Penalties for Filing False Reports on Member of a Protected Class
Establishes civil penalties for falsely Summoning a Police Officer when there is no reason to believe a crime, offense or threat has been committed involving a member of a protected class. (Effective June 13, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NYS Mandate - 2
NYSM – 2.
Require Police
Officers to Report
the Discharge of
Weapons
Requires a police officer or peace officer
(whether on or off duty) who discharges
his or her weapon under circumstances
where a person could be struck by a
bullet to verbally report the incident
within six hours, and file a written report
within forty-eight hours. (Effective September 13, 2020)
Amended Use of Force policy
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 3
NYSM – 3.
Require the Reporting of Police Acts or Omissions
Resulting in a Person’s Death to the Office of Special Investigation
Establishes an Office of Special Investigation within the Office of Attorney General which will have investigative authority and criminal jurisdiction for any incident involving the death of a person caused by an act or omission by a police officer or a peace officer employed as a correction officer or contracted by an education, public health, social service, parks or housing agency. Where an investigation concludes that the death or matters relating to the death or investigation of the death involved criminal conduct, the Office will be empowered to prosecute any such alleged offenses. (Effective April 2021)
Will conduct in-service training and establish communication method with the Attorney General’s office.
Pending
on needed actions of NYS
NYS Mandate - 4
NYSM – 4.
Ban Choke Holds
The Eric Garner Anti Choke Hold Act
creates the crime of aggravated
strangulation (making it a Class C felony)
and establishes criminal penalties for a
police officer or peace officer who uses a
chokehold that causes serious physical
injury or death. (Effective June 12, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NYS Mandate - 5
NYSM – 5.
Require Medical Response for Arrestees
Affirms an individual’s right to medical and mental health attention while under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer or peace officer. Failure to provide reasonable and good faith medical assistance could result in a cause of action against the officer, representative and/or entity. (June 15, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 6
NYSM – 6.
Require Policing
Statistics to be
Reported to the
Division of Criminal Justice Services
Requires courts to compile and
publish data concerning arrests and court proceedings involving low-level offenses
such as violations and traffic offenses.
Such report will include aggregate and
anonymized demographic information
such as race, ethnicity and sex. This bill
requires police departments to submit
annual reports on arrest-related deaths
to the Department of Criminal Justice
Services, as well as the Governor and the
State Legislature. (Effective
December 12, 2020)
Will provide data to Office of Court Administration and Division of Criminal Justice Services
Q1 - 2021
NYS Mandate - 7
NYSM – 7.
Recording
of Law Enforcement
Activity
Provides that a person not under arrest
or in the custody of a law enforcement
official has the right to record police
activity and to maintain custody and
control of that recording and of any
property or instruments used by that
person to record such activities. A person
in custody or under arrest does not, by
that status alone, forfeit such right to
record. (Effective July 13, 2020)
No actions needed, already in compliance
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 8
NYSM – 8.
Provide the Public
Access to Personnel Records of Officers
Repeal of Civil Rights Law 50-a, which had made all personnel records used to evaluate
the performance toward continued
employment or promotion of police
officers, firefighters, paramedics,
correction officers or peace officers
confidential and not subject to inspection
or review without the individual’s express
written consent or a court order. This
legislation also amends the New York
State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL),
subjecting any record created in
furtherance of a law enforcement
disciplinary proceeding to disclosure
under FOIL. The new FOIL provisions
require specific sensitive personal
information, including medical history, to
be redacted from such records prior to
being disclosed. (Effective June 13, 2020)
Notified the clerk for compliance.
Complete
PAINTED POST POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS
Items found in this section were identified based on the feedback collected from the listening sessions and surveys.
Category
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Actions
Completion Timeline
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-1. Diversify & Increase Candidate Recruitment Pools
Take proactive steps to increase diversity of the candidate pools so newly hired officers better reflect community demographics.
Encourage potential candidates to take advantage of preparatory law enforcement training. (non-weapon portions of the police academy curriculum)
Conduct outreach with faith-based groups to increase interaction with youth and potential employees
Increase Social Media Advertisement to attract diverse candidates and raise awareness of:
Available positions
Civil service requirements
Availability of pre-employment police academies
Partner with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q1 - 2021
Q4 – 2021
Q1-2021
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-2. Provide Civil Service Test Training
Provide Civil Service test training to prepare applicants for the entry-level examination. Partner with SUNY Corning & Alfred to offer this assistance.
Partner with SUNY to develop & offer a tutoring course for candidates expressing interest in applying/testing for the Civil Service exam.
2. Partner with the Steuben County
Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q4 – 2021
Q1-2021
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-3. Expand Diversity and Bias Awareness Training
Expand diversity and bias awareness training to include marginalized populations such as Low Income, Substance Use Disorders, Minority, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as training to recognize systemic racism.
Require Implicit Bias Awareness Training for all officers
Conduct Train the Trainer sessions, to develop internal skilled presenters on implicit bias awareness training to support county-wide efforts
Partner with the Steuben County
Sheriff’s Office for training
Q4 - 2021
Q2 – 2022
Q1-2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Transparency & Accountability
TA-1. Launch a Personnel Complaint Review Panel
Launch external panel to review personnel complaints, investigations, and adjudications to ensure that best practices in personnel actions are being followed. Panel will include professionals with working knowledge of human resources, civil service, and labor relations.
Benchmark best practices of personnel complaint review panels across the country.
Establish a personnel complaint review process
Partner with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q4 - 2022
Q4 – 2023
Q1-2021
Transparency & Accountability
TA-2. Increase Transparency of Arrest Activities & Calls for service
Ensure citizens have access to appropriate police data & arrest activities via a monthly report provided at the monthly Village Board Meeting and placed on the Village of Painted Post website.
Publish these monthly reports:
Calls for service, cases and arrests, and use of force incidents
Arrests by sex and race.
Q1 - 2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Transparency & Accountability
TA-3. Reduce Personnel Complaints & Adopt a County-wide Reporting Method & Tracking
Identify key behaviors & causes that may drive citizens to complain about officers and incorporate these findings into trainings.
Work to align agencies county-wide to adopt a standardized personnel complaint process. Develop a county-wide tracking system of complaints.
Leverage field training officers to review complaints and determine needed focus areas & changes in trainings
Establish a standardized personnel complaint process county-wide
Develop a county-wide tracking system to assist in identifying training needs.
Q1 - 2021
Q1 - 2022
Q3 - 2022
Transparency & Accountability
TA-4. Increase transparency of Use of Force Incidents
& Personnel Complaints
Ensure better and timely citizen access to use of force data and personnel complaint incidents and outcomes. Modify current PPPD software systems to better collect and track this data.
Add annual report data fields in current system for:
Use of Force (type & frequency)
Personnel Complaints and adjudications
Q2 - 2021
Transparency & Accountability
TA-5. Publish Job Descriptions and Annual Performance Appraisal Process
Make job descriptions and performance process more readily available to improve transparency.
Post job descriptions of Painted Post Police personnel (OIC and patrolman) and performance appraisal document on Village website.
Q1 - 2024
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Community Relations
CR-1. Conduct Public Education on Policing Practices
Increase the transparency of policing methods and governance by educating the public on these practices.
Provide videos and brochures to share recommended actions for citizens when interacting with police.
Enhance Citizen’s Police Academy with the SCSO
Include in-person & on-line versions
Partner with SUNY Alfred and Corning Community College to add a Citizen’s Police Academy on-line class offering .
Q1 - 2022
Q1 - 2023
Community Relations
CR-2. Strengthen Customer Service Practices
Reinforce need for positive communications through better customer service & professional development training.
Develop a quality assurance program to identify how citizens perceive the PPPD customer service.
Develop & conduct Professional Development training on communications for Supervisors
Develop & conduct best practice communication trainings county-wide:
Positive & effective customer service
Best practices for general communications
Q1 - 2023
Q1 - 2024
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Community Relations
CR-3. Strengthen Community Safety Training Programs
Partner with volunteer instructors to provide key safety trainings that are provided to residents or community groups and improve offerings. These trainings help enhance their safety knowledge and support better relations.
Team with citizen instructors to continue conducting safety courses for members of the community.
Promote joint safety presentations to community groups via social media web sites.
Q2 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Community Relations
CR-4. Establish & Promote Community Programs to Increase Law Enforcement Visibility in the Community
Develop and execute programs that bring law enforcement officers and citizens together in forums where they talk to one another, share thoughts, and promote interactions which support the building of positive relationships.
Further promote the Department of Homeland Security’s CRASE training (Citizen Response to Active Shooter Event) and Stop the Bleed training (an emergency medical response training for catastrophic injuries)
Continue “CRASE” & “Stop the Bleed” training to county-wide municipalities.
Create new interactive programs:
“Stop and Talk” program for officers to interact personally with citizen groups
“Coffee with the Chief” monthly social hour or gatherings for faith-based groups and community action groups to interact with the PPPD OIC
.
Q3 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-1. Improve Selection & Promotion Methods by Requiring Candidates to Meet Additional Standards
Require candidates to meet additional criteria to help ensure a higher quality pool of candidates for new-hires, lateral transfers, and promotions.
Enhance selection methods for new-hire, lateral transfers, and supervisor promotions:
Require a standardized comprehensive background investigation in accordance with LEAP standards.
Seek funding for a psychological exam for all new hires & supervisor candidates.
Seek Funding for a polygraph exam for all new hires
Q2 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-2. Initiate Anonymous Quality Assurance Feedback Channels
Allow citizens & officers to submit feedback via website and social media to reduce the incidence of unsatisfactory or unlawful behavior.
Establish a process for citizens and/or officers to leverage social media and the department website to anonymously notify department officials of unsatisfactory or unlawful behavior of personnel.
Q3 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-3. Pursue NYS DCJS Law Enforcement Accreditation (LEAP)
Assess current policy and procedures to determine areas of non-compliance in order to meet NYS DCJS Law Enforcement Accreditation standards.
Conduct a comprehensive review of current PPPD policies against these state level standards to identify gaps and pursue NYS accreditation.
Q4 - 2023
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-4. Pursue NYS DCJS SWAT Accreditation
Expand existing SWAT team to include members from police agencies in Steuben County to meet standards for DCJS SWAT Accreditation. SWAT Team is a higher level of training and performance to specifically deal with high risk search warrants (no-knock warrants), hostage situations, barricaded subjects, etc. to reduce the possibility of injury to officers
and the public.
To provide assistance to the SCSO SWAT team from the Painted Post Police Department
Q1 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-5. Improve Collaboration with Mental Health Agencies
Expand Crisis Intervention Training (40 hr. instruction by NYS office of Mental Hygiene).
Partner with Steuben County Mental Health to increase field use of mobile crisis unit.
Partner with county medical providers for mental health transitional treatment and expanded use of tele-medicine providers in the mental health arena.
Work with Steuben County Mental Health to establish protocols for expanded use of mobile crisis unit.
Collaborate with area providers for mental health tele-medicine (Guthrie, Arnot, and University of Rochester)
Collaborate with Steuben County Mental Health to conduct crisis intervention training.
Q4 - 2021
Q1 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-6. Improve Awareness of Mental Health Challenges of Deputies & Officers
Expand peer counseling program and create emotional survival for law enforcement program for deputies, officers, and families.
Train additional peer counselors
Establish an annual family training session outlining how to recognize stress and teach effective strategies for managing stress.
Q1 - 2024
Q1 - 2024
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-7. Implement Body Camera/ In Car Camera Program
To implement a Body Camera/In Car Camera Program for all officers and vehicles to assist with liability and evidence while performing their job duties.
1. Seek funding to implement a Body
Camera/In Car Camera Program for all officers and vehicles within the
Painted Post Police Department.
Q1 - 2022
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Training
T-1. Expand De-Escalation Training
Review current de-escalation trainings and benchmark for additional recommendations.
Conduct Train the Trainer sessions, to develop internal skilled presenters on de-escalation techniques
Offer De-escalation training to all officers
Q4 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
Training
T-2. Expand Use of Force Training
Review current training by defensive tactics instructor group for training recommendations.
Benchmark and gather recommendations for improved Use of Force trainings.
Provide annual defensive tactics training to county-wide agencies.
Q4 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
APPENDIX
1-1
Table of Contents:
SECTION
PAGE NUMBERS
Introduction
Department Profile
Municipality Demographics
Agency Demographics
Pages 2 – 3
Page 2
Page 3
Page 3
Reform & Reinvention Collaboration Process
Collaborative Approach
Opt-in Partners
Team Leadership
Process Implementation Approach & Timeline
Pages 3 – 5
Page 3
Page 4
Page 4
Page 5
Public Participation & Feedback Channels
Community Stakeholder Groups
Listening Sessions
Surveys
Page 5 - 7
Page 6
Page 6
Pages 6-7
Painted Post Village Reform Plan
New York State Mandates
PPPD Reforms
Pages 8 - 19
Pages 8-11
Pages 12-19
Appendix
Page 20
Executive Order No. 203
New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan
January 2021
INTRODUCTION:
On June 12, 2020, Governor A. Cuomo issued an executive order directing municipalities that employ police officers to actively engage stakeholders in the local community and develop locally approved plans for the strategies, policies and procedures of local police agencies. In accordance with this order, the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Cities of Corning and Hornell, Villages of Addison, Bath, Canisteo, Hammondsport, Painted Post and Wayland, and the Town of Cohocton, entered a collaborative effort to move through a county-wide process to enact police reform plans.
Department Profile:
Municipality: Village of Painted Post
Law Enforcement Agency: Painted Post Police Department
Village of Painted Post’s Executive Officer: Ralph Foster, Mayor
Police Dept Officer In Charge: OIC Shawn M. Copp
Municipality Demographics:
The Village of Painted Post is located in the Town of Erwin. The Painted Post Police Department is the local police agency and provides assistance to the full and part-time police agencies within the surrounding area. The 2019 estimated Census data indicates that the Village population is 1,612 with 91.3% white, 3.7% Asian, and 2% spread out in unknown percentages across other races. The Median age is 41.5 years for every 100 people. The Median income for a household within the Village is $53,672. A total of 7.3% of the households are below the poverty level.
Agency Demographics:
The Painted Post Village Police Department consists of 7 total employees. The department consists of 1 Officer In Charge, 1 Full-Time Patrolman, 5 Part-Time Patrolman. Of the employees within the department all 7 are white males.
REFORM & REINVENTION COLLABORATION PROCESS
Collaborative Opt-in Approach:
The Village of Painted Post partnered with other villages, towns, and cities in Steuben County as a collaborative effort. Corning Incorporated, which is headquartered in Steuben County provided a resource to assist with program management and change management expertise.
Opt-in Agency Partners:
Steuben County Sheriff’s Office (32 towns)
Village of Addison
Village of Bath
Village of Canisteo
Town of Cohocton
City of Corning
Village of Hammondsport
City of Hornell
Village of Painted-Post
Village of Wayland
Team Leadership:
Jim Allard, Steuben County Sheriff
Kyle Amidon, Canisteo Police Chief
Brooks Baker, Steuben County District Attorney
Mark Barnhart, Cohocton & Wayland Officer in Charge,
Bill Boland, Corning Mayor
Shawn Copp, Painted Post Officer in Charge
Jason Dininny, Hammondsport Officer in Charge
Chad Mullen, Bath Police Chief
Ted Murray, Hornell Police Chief
Mark Ryckman, Corning City Manager
Steve Sellard, Addison Officer in Charge
Jeff Spaulding, Corning Police Chief
Jack K. Wheeler, Steuben County Manager
Dawn White, Corning Incorporated Program Manager
Process Implementation Approach & Timeline
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & FEEDBACK CHANNELS
Community Team Members: (106 key stakeholder participants across 60 organizations; See Appendix 1-1)
Steuben County Law Officials
Steuben County Elected & Appointed Officials
Representatives from Steuben County Nonprofit Organizations, Healthcare Organizations, Educational Institutions, and Businesses
Citizens who represent marginalized populations
Listening Sessions:
Conducted 9/9- 9/17 via Zoom and were advertised via the local news channels, newspapers, websites, and social media with an estimated 300+ participants
3 Public Listening Sessions were open to all Steuben County citizens
10 Private listening sessions were held with these special audiences:
Community Stakeholder Participant groups, Substance Use Disorders, Corning Community College students, Corning Black Employee Network, SPECTRA LGBTQ group, Global Latino Community, Friendship Baptist Church, Face to Faith Ministries, Steuben Greens, LGBTQ+ Community
Surveys: (anonymous participation for all)
Stakeholder Group Participant Survey:
15 survey questions and 4 demographic data questions sent out via email
Target audience of 103 stakeholders; 83 participants for an 81% response rate
Meeting held with participants to review the results
General Public Survey:
15 survey questions and 4 demographic data questions; Notifications shared via news channels, newspapers, websites, and social media from 8/12 – 8/22
Printed copies dropped off at various locations and collected by city & law enforcement personnel for manual entry
Target audience of 95,000 county residents; 1,766 participants for a 1.8% response rate
Results posted for public viewing
Police Officer Survey:
6 survey questions, and 1 demographic question to identify their police department disseminated via email and printed copies
Target audience of 100 police officers; 52 participants for a 52% response rate
Results posted for public viewing
Arrested Persons Questionnaire
3 survey questions and 3 demographic data questions asked during booking about the professionalism of the arresting officer(s). Agencies in Steuben County participated during September 2020.
55 participants
PAINTED POST POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORM PLAN
The reform plan, in accordance with public feedback and the executive order requirements, consists of six primary themes:
NYS Mandated Changes, Equality and Social Justice, Transparency and Accountability, Community Relations, Operational Policy & Procedures and Training.
NEW YORK STATE MANDATES:
The reform items found in this section are derived directly from the Executive Order No. 203
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 1
NYSM – 1.
Civil Penalties for Filing False Reports on Member of a Protected Class
Establishes civil penalties for falsely Summoning a Police Officer when there is no reason to believe a crime, offense or threat has been committed involving a member of a protected class. (Effective June 13, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NYS Mandate - 2
NYSM – 2.
Require Police
Officers to Report
the Discharge of
Weapons
Requires a police officer or peace officer
(whether on or off duty) who discharges
his or her weapon under circumstances
where a person could be struck by a
bullet to verbally report the incident
within six hours, and file a written report
within forty-eight hours. (Effective September 13, 2020)
Amended Use of Force policy
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 3
NYSM – 3.
Require the Reporting of Police Acts or Omissions
Resulting in a Person’s Death to the Office of Special Investigation
Establishes an Office of Special Investigation within the Office of Attorney General which will have investigative authority and criminal jurisdiction for any incident involving the death of a person caused by an act or omission by a police officer or a peace officer employed as a correction officer or contracted by an education, public health, social service, parks or housing agency. Where an investigation concludes that the death or matters relating to the death or investigation of the death involved criminal conduct, the Office will be empowered to prosecute any such alleged offenses. (Effective April 2021)
Will conduct in-service training and establish communication method with the Attorney General’s office.
Pending
on needed actions of NYS
NYS Mandate - 4
NYSM – 4.
Ban Choke Holds
The Eric Garner Anti Choke Hold Act
creates the crime of aggravated
strangulation (making it a Class C felony)
and establishes criminal penalties for a
police officer or peace officer who uses a
chokehold that causes serious physical
injury or death. (Effective June 12, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NYS Mandate - 5
NYSM – 5.
Require Medical Response for Arrestees
Affirms an individual’s right to medical and mental health attention while under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer or peace officer. Failure to provide reasonable and good faith medical assistance could result in a cause of action against the officer, representative and/or entity. (June 15, 2020)
Conducted in-service training
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 6
NYSM – 6.
Require Policing
Statistics to be
Reported to the
Division of Criminal Justice Services
Requires courts to compile and
publish data concerning arrests and court proceedings involving low-level offenses
such as violations and traffic offenses.
Such report will include aggregate and
anonymized demographic information
such as race, ethnicity and sex. This bill
requires police departments to submit
annual reports on arrest-related deaths
to the Department of Criminal Justice
Services, as well as the Governor and the
State Legislature. (Effective
December 12, 2020)
Will provide data to Office of Court Administration and Division of Criminal Justice Services
Q1 - 2021
NYS Mandate - 7
NYSM – 7.
Recording
of Law Enforcement
Activity
Provides that a person not under arrest
or in the custody of a law enforcement
official has the right to record police
activity and to maintain custody and
control of that recording and of any
property or instruments used by that
person to record such activities. A person
in custody or under arrest does not, by
that status alone, forfeit such right to
record. (Effective July 13, 2020)
No actions needed, already in compliance
Complete
NY State Mandated Changes
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Action
Status
NYS Mandate - 8
NYSM – 8.
Provide the Public
Access to Personnel Records of Officers
Repeal of Civil Rights Law 50-a, which had made all personnel records used to evaluate
the performance toward continued
employment or promotion of police
officers, firefighters, paramedics,
correction officers or peace officers
confidential and not subject to inspection
or review without the individual’s express
written consent or a court order. This
legislation also amends the New York
State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL),
subjecting any record created in
furtherance of a law enforcement
disciplinary proceeding to disclosure
under FOIL. The new FOIL provisions
require specific sensitive personal
information, including medical history, to
be redacted from such records prior to
being disclosed. (Effective June 13, 2020)
Notified the clerk for compliance.
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PAINTED POST POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS
Items found in this section were identified based on the feedback collected from the listening sessions and surveys.
Category
Reform Item
Description
PPPD Actions
Completion Timeline
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-1. Diversify & Increase Candidate Recruitment Pools
Take proactive steps to increase diversity of the candidate pools so newly hired officers better reflect community demographics.
Encourage potential candidates to take advantage of preparatory law enforcement training. (non-weapon portions of the police academy curriculum)
Conduct outreach with faith-based groups to increase interaction with youth and potential employees
Increase Social Media Advertisement to attract diverse candidates and raise awareness of:
Available positions
Civil service requirements
Availability of pre-employment police academies
Partner with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q1 - 2021
Q4 – 2021
Q1-2021
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-2. Provide Civil Service Test Training
Provide Civil Service test training to prepare applicants for the entry-level examination. Partner with SUNY Corning & Alfred to offer this assistance.
Partner with SUNY to develop & offer a tutoring course for candidates expressing interest in applying/testing for the Civil Service exam.
2. Partner with the Steuben County
Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q4 – 2021
Q1-2021
Equality & Social Justice
ESJ-3. Expand Diversity and Bias Awareness Training
Expand diversity and bias awareness training to include marginalized populations such as Low Income, Substance Use Disorders, Minority, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as training to recognize systemic racism.
Require Implicit Bias Awareness Training for all officers
Conduct Train the Trainer sessions, to develop internal skilled presenters on implicit bias awareness training to support county-wide efforts
Partner with the Steuben County
Sheriff’s Office for training
Q4 - 2021
Q2 – 2022
Q1-2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Transparency & Accountability
TA-1. Launch a Personnel Complaint Review Panel
Launch external panel to review personnel complaints, investigations, and adjudications to ensure that best practices in personnel actions are being followed. Panel will include professionals with working knowledge of human resources, civil service, and labor relations.
Benchmark best practices of personnel complaint review panels across the country.
Establish a personnel complaint review process
Partner with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Protocol
Q4 - 2022
Q4 – 2023
Q1-2021
Transparency & Accountability
TA-2. Increase Transparency of Arrest Activities & Calls for service
Ensure citizens have access to appropriate police data & arrest activities via a monthly report provided at the monthly Village Board Meeting and placed on the Village of Painted Post website.
Publish these monthly reports:
Calls for service, cases and arrests, and use of force incidents
Arrests by sex and race.
Q1 - 2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Transparency & Accountability
TA-3. Reduce Personnel Complaints & Adopt a County-wide Reporting Method & Tracking
Identify key behaviors & causes that may drive citizens to complain about officers and incorporate these findings into trainings.
Work to align agencies county-wide to adopt a standardized personnel complaint process. Develop a county-wide tracking system of complaints.
Leverage field training officers to review complaints and determine needed focus areas & changes in trainings
Establish a standardized personnel complaint process county-wide
Develop a county-wide tracking system to assist in identifying training needs.
Q1 - 2021
Q1 - 2022
Q3 - 2022
Transparency & Accountability
TA-4. Increase transparency of Use of Force Incidents
& Personnel Complaints
Ensure better and timely citizen access to use of force data and personnel complaint incidents and outcomes. Modify current PPPD software systems to better collect and track this data.
Add annual report data fields in current system for:
Use of Force (type & frequency)
Personnel Complaints and adjudications
Q2 - 2021
Transparency & Accountability
TA-5. Publish Job Descriptions and Annual Performance Appraisal Process
Make job descriptions and performance process more readily available to improve transparency.
Post job descriptions of Painted Post Police personnel (OIC and patrolman) and performance appraisal document on Village website.
Q1 - 2024
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Community Relations
CR-1. Conduct Public Education on Policing Practices
Increase the transparency of policing methods and governance by educating the public on these practices.
Provide videos and brochures to share recommended actions for citizens when interacting with police.
Enhance Citizen’s Police Academy with the SCSO
Include in-person & on-line versions
Partner with SUNY Alfred and Corning Community College to add a Citizen’s Police Academy on-line class offering .
Q1 - 2022
Q1 - 2023
Community Relations
CR-2. Strengthen Customer Service Practices
Reinforce need for positive communications through better customer service & professional development training.
Develop a quality assurance program to identify how citizens perceive the PPPD customer service.
Develop & conduct Professional Development training on communications for Supervisors
Develop & conduct best practice communication trainings county-wide:
Positive & effective customer service
Best practices for general communications
Q1 - 2023
Q1 - 2024
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Community Relations
CR-3. Strengthen Community Safety Training Programs
Partner with volunteer instructors to provide key safety trainings that are provided to residents or community groups and improve offerings. These trainings help enhance their safety knowledge and support better relations.
Team with citizen instructors to continue conducting safety courses for members of the community.
Promote joint safety presentations to community groups via social media web sites.
Q2 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Community Relations
CR-4. Establish & Promote Community Programs to Increase Law Enforcement Visibility in the Community
Develop and execute programs that bring law enforcement officers and citizens together in forums where they talk to one another, share thoughts, and promote interactions which support the building of positive relationships.
Further promote the Department of Homeland Security’s CRASE training (Citizen Response to Active Shooter Event) and Stop the Bleed training (an emergency medical response training for catastrophic injuries)
Continue “CRASE” & “Stop the Bleed” training to county-wide municipalities.
Create new interactive programs:
“Stop and Talk” program for officers to interact personally with citizen groups
“Coffee with the Chief” monthly social hour or gatherings for faith-based groups and community action groups to interact with the PPPD OIC
.
Q3 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Q1 - 2021
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-1. Improve Selection & Promotion Methods by Requiring Candidates to Meet Additional Standards
Require candidates to meet additional criteria to help ensure a higher quality pool of candidates for new-hires, lateral transfers, and promotions.
Enhance selection methods for new-hire, lateral transfers, and supervisor promotions:
Require a standardized comprehensive background investigation in accordance with LEAP standards.
Seek funding for a psychological exam for all new hires & supervisor candidates.
Seek Funding for a polygraph exam for all new hires
Q2 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-2. Initiate Anonymous Quality Assurance Feedback Channels
Allow citizens & officers to submit feedback via website and social media to reduce the incidence of unsatisfactory or unlawful behavior.
Establish a process for citizens and/or officers to leverage social media and the department website to anonymously notify department officials of unsatisfactory or unlawful behavior of personnel.
Q3 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-3. Pursue NYS DCJS Law Enforcement Accreditation (LEAP)
Assess current policy and procedures to determine areas of non-compliance in order to meet NYS DCJS Law Enforcement Accreditation standards.
Conduct a comprehensive review of current PPPD policies against these state level standards to identify gaps and pursue NYS accreditation.
Q4 - 2023
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-4. Pursue NYS DCJS SWAT Accreditation
Expand existing SWAT team to include members from police agencies in Steuben County to meet standards for DCJS SWAT Accreditation. SWAT Team is a higher level of training and performance to specifically deal with high risk search warrants (no-knock warrants), hostage situations, barricaded subjects, etc. to reduce the possibility of injury to officers
and the public.
To provide assistance to the SCSO SWAT team from the Painted Post Police Department
Q1 - 2021
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-5. Improve Collaboration with Mental Health Agencies
Expand Crisis Intervention Training (40 hr. instruction by NYS office of Mental Hygiene).
Partner with Steuben County Mental Health to increase field use of mobile crisis unit.
Partner with county medical providers for mental health transitional treatment and expanded use of tele-medicine providers in the mental health arena.
Work with Steuben County Mental Health to establish protocols for expanded use of mobile crisis unit.
Collaborate with area providers for mental health tele-medicine (Guthrie, Arnot, and University of Rochester)
Collaborate with Steuben County Mental Health to conduct crisis intervention training.
Q4 - 2021
Q1 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-6. Improve Awareness of Mental Health Challenges of Deputies & Officers
Expand peer counseling program and create emotional survival for law enforcement program for deputies, officers, and families.
Train additional peer counselors
Establish an annual family training session outlining how to recognize stress and teach effective strategies for managing stress.
Q1 - 2024
Q1 - 2024
Operational Policies & Procedures
OPR-7. Implement Body Camera/ In Car Camera Program
To implement a Body Camera/In Car Camera Program for all officers and vehicles to assist with liability and evidence while performing their job duties.
1. Seek funding to implement a Body
Camera/In Car Camera Program for all officers and vehicles within the
Painted Post Police Department.
Q1 - 2022
Category
Reform Item
Description
Reform Action
Completion Timeline
Training
T-1. Expand De-Escalation Training
Review current de-escalation trainings and benchmark for additional recommendations.
Conduct Train the Trainer sessions, to develop internal skilled presenters on de-escalation techniques
Offer De-escalation training to all officers
Q4 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
Training
T-2. Expand Use of Force Training
Review current training by defensive tactics instructor group for training recommendations.
Benchmark and gather recommendations for improved Use of Force trainings.
Provide annual defensive tactics training to county-wide agencies.
Q4 - 2022
Q4 - 2022
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