N.Y. CPL Law § 2.30 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title A / Article 2 / Section 2.30
Training requirements for peace officers
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§ 2.30 Training requirements for peace officers.\n  1. Every peace officer in the state of New York must successfully\ncomplete a training program, a portion of which shall be prescribed by\nthe municipal police training council and a portion of which shall be\nprescribed by his or her employer. The portion prescribed by the\nmunicipal police training council shall be comprised of subjects, and\nthe hours each is to be taught, that shall be required of all types or\nclasses of peace officers. The hours of instruction required by the\nmunicipal police training council shall not exceed one hundred eighty,\nunless a greater amount is either required by law or regulation, or is\nrequested by the employer.\n  The segment prescribed by the employer for its employees shall be\ncomprised of subjects, and the hours each is to be taught, relating to\nthe special nature of the duties of the peace officers employed by it\nprovided, however, that when the subjects prescribed by the employer are\nidentical to the subjects in the training program required by the\nmunicipal police training council, the employer shall not be required to\nprovide duplicate training for those subjects.\n  2. Each state or local agency, unit of local government, state or\nlocal commission, or public authority, or public or private organization\nwhich employs peace officers shall provide the training mandated by this\nsection, the cost of which will be borne by the employer. Each peace\nofficer satisfactorily completing the course prescribed by the municipal\npolice training council shall be awarded a certificate by the division\nof criminal justice services attesting to that effect, and no person\nappointed as a peace officer shall exercise the powers of a peace\nofficer, unless he or she has received such certification within twelve\nmonths of appointment.\n  3. No employer shall allow any peace officer it employs to carry or\nuse a weapon during any phase of the officer's official duties, which\nconstitutes on-duty employment, unless the officer has satisfactorily\ncompleted a course of training approved by the municipal police training\ncouncil in the use of deadly physical force and firearms and other\nweapons, and annually receives instruction in deadly physical force and\nthe use of firearms and other weapons as approved by the municipal\npolice training council.\n  4. Upon the failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of this\nsection, the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services\nshall apply to the supreme court for an order directed to the person\nresponsible requiring compliance. Upon such application, the court may\nissue such order as may be just, and a failure to comply with the order\nof the court shall be a contempt of court and punishable as such.\n  5. Every employer of peace officers shall report to the division of\ncriminal justice services, in such form and at such time as the division\nmay by regulation require, the names of all peace officers who have\nsatisfactorily completed any of the training requirements prescribed by\nthis section.\n  6. A certificate attesting to satisfactory completion of the training\nrequirements imposed under this section awarded to any peace officer by\nthe executive director of the municipal police training council pursuant\nto this section shall remain valid:\n  (a) during the holder's continuous service as a peace officer; and\n  (b) for two years after the date of the commencement of an\ninterruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to\nsuch interruption, served as a peace officer for less than two\nconsecutive years; or\n  (c) for four years after the date of the commencement of an\ninterruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to\nsuch interruption, served as a peace officer for two consecutive years\nor longer.\n  As used in this subdivision, the term "interruption" shall mean a\nperiod of separation from employment as a peace officer by reason of\nsuch officer's leave of absence, resignation or removal, other than\nremoval for cause.\n