§ 646 — Police reports

New York § 646

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EXC: Executive
• Art. 23: Fair Treatment Standards For Crime Victims

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* § 646. Police reports. 1. A victim of crime shall be entitled,\nregardless of physical injury, without charge to a copy of a police\nreport of the crime.\n 2. An individual whose identity was assumed or whose personal\nidentifying information, as defined in section 190.77 of the penal law,\nwas used in violation of section 190.78, 190.79 or 190.80 of the penal\nlaw, or any person who has suffered a financial loss as a direct result\nof the acts of a defendant in violation of section 190.78, 190.79,\n190.80, 190.82 or 190.83 of the penal law, who has learned or reasonably\nsuspects that his or her personal identifying information has been\nunlawfully used by another, may make a complaint to the local law\nenforcement agency of the county in which any part of the offense took\nplace regardless of whether the defendant was actually present in such\ncounty, or in the county in which the person who suffered financial loss\nresided at the time of the commission of the offense, or in the county\nwhere the person whose personal identification information was used in\nthe commission of the offense resided at the time of the commission of\nthe offense as provided in paragraph (l) of subdivision four of section\n20.40 of the criminal procedure law. Said local law enforcement agency\nshall take a police report of the matter and provide the complainant\nwith a copy of such report free of charge.\n 3. An individual who has been the victim in this state of a family\noffense as defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of the criminal\nprocedure law or section eight hundred twelve of the family court act\nmay, upon alleging that it would be a hardship for him or her to make\nsuch complaint in the local jurisdiction in which such offense occurred,\nmake a complaint to any local law enforcement agency in the state\nregardless of where the act took place. Such local law enforcement\nagency shall take a police report of the matter, as well as prepare a\ndomestic violence incident report as defined in subdivision fifteen of\nsection eight hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and provide the\ncomplainant with a copy of such report free of charge. A copy of the\npolice report and completed domestic violence incident report shall be\npromptly forwarded to the appropriate law enforcement agency with\njurisdiction over the location where the incident is reported to have\noccurred for the purposes of further investigation.\n * NB There are 2 § 646's\n