[Adopted 2-22-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001[1]]
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Editor's Note: This local law superseded the provisions of former Part 3, Department of Weights and Measures, adopted 7-18-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1983 as Ch. I, Art. II, Div. 3, of the 1983 Code.
[Added11-7-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022 (F-2022)]
There is hereby established a department known as the “Department of Public Safety.”
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Editor’s Note: Former § 42-69, Establishment, was repealed 12-2-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013.
[Added11-7-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022 (F-2022)]
There shall be appointed by the Mayor a Commissioner of Public Safety who shall head the Department of Public Safety and carry out the functions and duties thereof. The Commissioner shall serve and hold such office at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Commissioner shall appoints such deputies, directors and other subordinates as shall be authorized by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and who shall serve at the Commissioner's pleasure.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 42-70, Commissioner of Public Safety, was repealed 12-2-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013.
[Added 11-7-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022 (F-2022); amended 6-5-2023 by L.L. No. 8-2023 (Q-2022)]
A. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall serve as the designated arbiter of any disciplinary determination that is appealed from within the Albany Police Department. The Commissioner shall have the authority to hold hearings, and issue final binding discipline in such matters. In addition, the Commissioner shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by local law or ordinance of the Common Council.
B. 
If the Commissioner produces a written determination on matters in which there is a corresponding Community Police Review Board (CPRB) investigation, they shall provide a copy of such written determination to the Chief of Police, any individual who is the subject of the disciplinary proceeding, and the CPRB.
C. 
On any matter which is before the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall be provided with any and all CPRB recommendations and findings which were provided to the Chief of Police in such matter. The Commissioner shall review and consider the CPRB's recommendations and findings, if any, and, if they disagree with any such recommendations and/or findings, they shall state the basis for such disagreement in any written determination they produce related to the matter.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 42-71, Scope, powers, and duties of Commissioner, was repealed 12-2-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013.
[Added 3-15-2010 by Ord. No. 5.11.10]
The Chief of Police shall submit to the Common Council on a quarterly basis, based on the calendar year, the following materials, data and reports:
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The number of firearms confiscated separated by the offense they were used in relation to or, if seized as property, whether they were seized alone, with fewer then five other illegal firearms, or with five or more other illegal firearms;
B. 
The number of arrests for possession of illegal firearms, the number of arrests for illegal gun trafficking, and a list of gun trafficking charges lodged for gun trafficking offenses, including the number of individuals charged with each of these gun trafficking offenses.
C. 
The report shall include written material and mapping of source states for firearms recovered in the City of Albany. This data shall be based on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) gun tracing of the recovered firearms.
D. 
The report shall break down the aggregate data to distinguish between the number of handguns and the number of long guns included in the report.
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XIA, Gun Violence Prevention Implementation Team, added 4-6-2009 by Ord. No. 1.11.09, as amended, was repealed 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 31.32.13.