Section 221-B. Reporting to New York state violent crimes analysis program  


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  • 1.  Every law enforcement agency which receives a report of an actual or
      attempted abduction or molestation  shall  notify  the  New  York  state
      violent  crimes  analysis  program, via the requirements of the New York
      statewide police information network, of such report. Such program shall
      make comparisons of data in its files, and report to the law enforcement
      agency making an initial  report,  any  similarities  to  other  reports
      received by such program. The violent crimes analysis program shall also
      notify the unit of a law enforcement agency which investigates homicides
      when  a  report  reveals  similarities, patterns or modus operandi which
      appear in reports of homicides.
        2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  every
      law  enforcement  agency that accepts responsibility for investigating a
      homicide or attempted homicide,  the  discovery  of  unidentified  human
      remains,  a  reported missing person case where circumstances indicate a
      strong possibility of foul play, or a sexual assault or attempted sexual
      assault, shall make a written report of such investigation  to  the  New
      York state violent crimes analysis program. Such program shall conduct a
      computerized   commonality  analysis  and  provide  the  submitting  law
      enforcement agency the results of such analysis.  Every  written  report
      made to the violent crimes analysis program shall be in form and content
      as  determined  and prescribed by such program, upon the approval of the
      superintendent of state police. An initial written report shall be  made
      to   the   violent   crimes  analysis  program  within  thirty  days  of
      commencement  of  an  investigation.  The  results  of  a   computerized
      commonality analysis shall be provided by such program to the submitting
      law  enforcement  agency  upon  completion  of such analysis in a timely
      manner, as prescribed by the superintendent of state police.