N.Y. Executive Law § 221: System of criminal justice information

§ 221. System of criminal justice information. 1. When any peace

officer or police agency within this state shall receive a complaint

that a felony involving the use of deadly physical force or a deadly

weapon has been committed, and if the perpetrator thereof be not

apprehended within thirty minutes after such complaint has been

received, or, in the case of any other felony, if the perpetrator

thereof be not apprehended within five hours, such police agency shall

cause information of such felony to be electronically entered into the

New York statewide police information network in accordance with the

rules for such entry promulgated by the superintendent of state police.

Police agencies not directly connected with the New York statewide

police information network shall transmit such information to the

nearest or most convenient electronic entry point, from which point it

will be immediately dispatched, in conformity with the orders, rules or

regulations governing the network.

2. Any warrant of arrest, bench warrant or superior court warrant of

arrest, as such terms are defined in section 1.20 of the criminal

procedure law, relating to any offense defined as a felony in

subdivision five of section 10.00 of the penal law, or a probation

warrant issued pursuant to section 410.40 of the criminal procedure law,

must be entered into the system no later than forty-eight hours from the

time it is received by the police officer or peace officer to whom it is

addressed if the subject of the warrant has not been apprehended prior

to that time.

3. When any police officer, peace officer or police agency in the

state shall receive a complaint of a missing child, as defined in

subdivision one of section eight hundred thirty-seven-e of this chapter,

such police officer, peace officer or police agency may, in his or her

discretion, as appropriate, cause information concerning such missing

child to be promptly dispatched over the police communication system.

Police agencies not connected with the basic system may transmit such

information to the nearest or most convenient electronic entry point,

from which point it may be promptly dispatched, in conformity with the

orders, rules or regulations governing the system. No dispatch or

transmission of a report concerning a missing child shall be required by

this subdivision if the investigating police department advises, in its

discretion, that the release of such information may jeopardize the

investigation or the safety of the child, or requests forbearance for

any reason.