§ 5-15 Specialized Training: Investigations.
RCNY § 5-15
(a)In addition to the general training provided to all employees pursuant to 40 RCNY § 5-12, the Department shall ensure that its investigators have received training in conducting sexual abuse investigations in confinement settings.
(b)Specialized training shall include techniques for interviewing sexual abuse victims, proper use of Miranda and Garrity warnings, sexual abuse evidence collection in confinement settings, and the criteria and evidence required to substantiate a case for administrative action or prosecution referral.
(c)The Department shall maintain documentation that Department investigators have completed the required specialized training in conducting sexual abuse investigations.
(d)The Department shall complete specialized training of its investigators by April 3, 2017.
(e)The Department shall provide to the Board on an annual basis the training schedules, training curriculum and credentials of the trainers, in accordance with this section, starting on March 1, 2017 for the previous year and on the first business day of March following the end of each year thereafter. (Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)
