2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 22 - (620 - 635) OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES
625-B - Standardized victim notification and verification procedures for police officers.

 
    §  625-b. Standardized victim notification and verification procedures
  for police officers. 1. The commissioner of  the  division  of  criminal
  justice  services  in  cooperation  with  the  office  shall develop and
  implement a standardized procedure to be used by police officers, county
  sheriffs' departments and state police officers whereby victims of crime
  are notified about the rights of crime  victims  and  the  existence  of
  programs designed to assist crime victims.
    2.  In  establishing  a  victims  assistance  notification  procedure,
  consideration shall be given to  (a)  developing  a  uniform  method  of
  informing  victims  of crime of their rights and services available, (b)
  including notification as part of a routine task performed in the course
  of law enforcement duties, and (c) documenting  a  victim's  receipt  of
  such notice.
    3.  All  state  or  municipal  printed  forms  for  a  police  primary
  investigation report shall include a space to indicate that  the  victim
  did  or did not receive information on victim's rights, office of victim
  services  assistance  and  relevant   local   assistance   pursuant   to
  subdivision one of section six hundred twenty-five-a of this article.