[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Menands 11-6-2000
by L.L. No. 2-2000. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village Board hereby finds that crimes are committed from time to
time within the Village of Menands by parolees or inmates released from penal
institutions and reformatories located within and without the State of New
York; that the presence of such persons within the Village of Menands is discovered
usually after the commission of crimes; that for the better maintenance of
order, enforcement of the laws, prevention of crime and preservation and care
of the safety, health, comfort, property and general welfare of the inhabitants
of the Village of Menands, the Chief of Police should be made aware of the
presence of such persons within the Village of Menands. It is hereby found
and declared, therefore, as a matter of legislative determination, that all
parolees or inmates from penal institutions and reformatories located within
and without the State of New York and who are released to reside or regularly
work within the Village of Menands and those hereafter who are released to
reside or regularly work within the Village of Menands should immediately
report to the Chief of Police for identification and registration. This chapter
is declared to be a measure designed to prevent crime, to protect and preserve
good order, enforce the laws, protect and preserve and care for the safety,
health, comfort, property and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village
of Menands and visitors thereto.
All parolees or inmates released from any penal institution or reformatory
located within or without the State of New York and who are released to reside
or regularly work within the Village of Menands and such as shall hereafter
be released to reside or regularly work within the Village of Menands shall
immediately identify themselves to and shall register with the Chief of Police
of Menands and shall give such information as shall be required to enable
the Chief of Police to identify such person, including the name or names by
which known, past and future addresses, name of last penal institution or
reformatory from which paroled or confined and the crime or crimes for which
the parolee or inmate was confined or committed.
The Chief of Police shall have the power and authority to communicate
with the proper authorities of each state and federal government to obtain
such information as the Chief of Police shall deem necessary in furtherance
of the purposes and declarations of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to parolees or inmates
adjudicated as youthful offenders or convicted for misdemeanors.
A violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor, and punishment therefor
shall be as prescribed for misdemeanors in the Penal Law of the State of New
York.
