N.Y. Executive Law § 846*2: Programs for the aging

* § 846. Programs for the aging. 1. The division, in consultation with

the state office for the aging, shall take all necessary and appropriate

measures to develop, plan, provide, and implement programs for the

protection of persons aged sixty and over, hereafter referred to in this

section as elderly persons, from situations and criminal acts which

threaten their safety, security, and property, within the resources

available to such agencies for such purposes.

2. Pursuant to the requirements of subdivision one of this section,

the division, in consultation with the municipal police training council

and the New York state committee for the coordination of police services

for the elderly, shall develop an in-service training program, designed

to address the problems associated with the investigation of crimes

against elderly persons, and to reduce the criminal victimization of the

elderly and issue an appropriate certificate to such officers attesting

to their satisfactory completion of such special training program.

* NB There are 2 § 846's