40 RCNY § 5-12 Employee Training.
§ 5-12 Employee Training.
(a) The Department and CHA shall train all of their employees who may have contact with inmates on:
(1) The zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and sexual harassment;
(2) How to fulfill their responsibilities under Department and CHA sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention, detection, reporting, and response policies and procedures;
(3) Inmates' right to be free from sexual abuse and sexual harassment;
(4) The right of inmates and employees to be free from retaliation for reporting sexual abuse and sexual harassment;
(5) The dynamics of sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement;
(6) The common reactions of sexual abuse and sexual harassment victims;
(7) How to detect and respond to signs of threatened and actual sexual abuse;
(8) How to avoid inappropriate relationships with inmates;
(9) How to communicate effectively and professionally with inmates, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or gender nonconforming inmates; and
(10) How to comply with relevant laws related to mandatory reporting of sexual abuse to outside authorities.
(b) Such training shall be tailored to the gender of the inmates at the employee's facility. The employee shall receive additional training if the employee is reassigned from a facility that houses only male inmates to a facility that houses only female inmates, or vice versa.
(c) All current employees who have not received such training shall be trained. The Department and CHA shall provide each of their employees with refresher training every two years to ensure that all employees know the Department's and CHA's current sexual abuse and sexual harassment policies and procedures. In years in which an employee does not receive refresher training, the Department and CHA shall provide refresher information on current sexual abuse and sexual harassment policies.
(d) The Department and CHA shall document, through employee signature or electronic verification, that their employees understand the training they have received.
(e) All CHA employees shall be trained by December 31, 2018.
(f) All Department employees shall be trained by December 31, 2021.
(1) At least 20% of all Department employees shall be trained by December 31, 2017.
(2) At least 40% of all Department employees shall be trained by December 31, 2018.
(3) At least 60% of all Department employees shall be trained by December 31, 2019.
(4) At least 80% of all Department employees shall be trained by December 31, 2020.
(g) The Department and CHA shall report to the Board, in writing and on a quarterly basis, the number of their respective employees who have been trained during that quarter in accordance with this section. The Department and CHA shall provide their first quarterly report to the Board on May 1, 2017 with respect to the previous three months (i.e., January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017) and within 30 days of the end of each quarter thereafter, until such training has been completed.
(h) The training of Department and CHA staff on working with inmates who are transgender or intersex shall include the psychosocial and safety needs of such persons in custody and instruction on communicating in a manner that is respectful of their gender identity. The Department and CHA shall complete such training by January 2, 2018.
(i) The Department and CHA shall provide to the Board on an annual basis the training schedules, training curriculum and credentials of the trainers, in accordance with this section, starting on March 1, 2017 for the previous year and on the first business day of March following the end of each year thereafter.
(Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)