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