§ 846-h. Law enforcement agency accreditation council; membership;\norganization and procedure. 1. (a) There shall be, within the division,\na law enforcement agency accreditation council.\n (b) The council shall develop model standards for law enforcement\nagencies. Such standards shall be designed:\n (i) To increase the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement\nagencies in the delivery of law enforcement services utilizing existing\npersonnel, equipment and facilities to the extent possible;\n (ii) To promote increased cooperation and coordination among law\nenforcement agencies and other agencies of the criminal justice system;\n (iii) To ensure the appropriate training of law enforcement personnel,\nnot inconsistent with other provisions of law; and\n (iv) To promote public confidence in law enforcement agencies.\n (c) The council shall recommend rules and regulations establishing an\naccreditation process that encourages and provides law enforcement\nagencies with a voluntary opportunity to demonstrate that they meet the\nmodel standards developed by the council. The accreditation process\nshall provide that applications for accreditation shall be submitted by\nthe chief law enforcement officer of the agency so applying only upon\nthe approval of the chief elected officer, or if there is no chief\nelected officer, by the local governing body. Such model standards and\nrules and regulations shall be transmitted to the temporary president of\nthe senate, the speaker of the assembly, every law enforcement agency,\nmayor and appropriate town and county official in the state on or before\nApril first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. The rules and regulations in\nfinal form shall be transmitted to the governor on or after June first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine and shall be effective following their\napproval by the governor.\n (d) The council shall create a mandatory certification process for\nagencies employing police officers, as defined in paragraphs (b), (c),\n(d), (e), (f), (j), (k), (l), (o), (p), (s) and (u) of subdivision\nthirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law. Such\ncertification process shall include the promulgation of mandatory\nstandards for hiring practices, which shall incorporate the rules and\nregulations promulgated by the municipal police training council\npursuant to subdivisions two and two-b of section eight hundred forty of\nthis chapter, as well as the reporting requirements under subdivision\ntwo of section eight hundred forty-five of this chapter and subdivision\nfive of section seventy-five of this chapter, as may be applicable to\nsuch agencies and their personnel.\n (e) The council may, on its own or upon referral from the\ncommissioner, revoke or withhold the granting of the certification under\nparagraph (d) of this subdivision for an agency that fails to adhere to\nthe mandatory standards for hiring practices or reporting requirements\nof such paragraph.\n 2. (a) The law enforcement agency accreditation council shall consist\nof:\n (i) Two incumbent sheriffs of the state;\n (ii) Two incumbent chiefs of police;\n (iii) One incumbent deputy sheriff;\n (iv) One incumbent police officer;\n (v) The superintendent of state police;\n (vi) The commissioner of police of the city of New York;\n (vii) One incumbent chief executive officer of a county of the state;\n (viii) One incumbent mayor of a city or village of the state;\n (ix) One incumbent chief executive officer of a town of the state;\n (x) One member of a statewide labor organization representing police\nofficers as that term is defined in subdivision thirty-four of section\n1.20 of the criminal procedure law;\n (xi) One full-time faculty member of a college or university who\nteaches in the area of criminal justice or police science;\n (xii) Two members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (ix) of paragraph\n(c) of this subdivision;\n (xiii) One incumbent chief of police or commissioner of police f
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