New York Laws
Article 11 - Division of State Police
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.

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