N.Y. GBS Law § 89-N — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7-A / Section 89-N
Training requirements
Status: in_force

§ 89-n. Training requirements. 1. Security guards shall be required to\nsatisfactorily complete training programs given and administered by\nsecurity guard training schools, schools which provide security guard\ntraining programs or security guard companies prescribed, certified and\napproved by the commissioner pursuant to section eight hundred\nforty-one-c of the executive law to include:\n  a. an eight hour pre-assignment training course;\n  b. an on-the-job training course to be completed within ninety working\ndays following employment, consisting of a minimum of sixteen hours and\na maximum of forty hours, as determined by the council, generally\nrelating to the security guard's specific duties, the nature of the work\nplace and the requirements of the security guard company;\n  c. a forty-seven hour firearms training course for issuance of a\nspecial armed guard registration card;\n  d. an eight hour annual in-service training course; and\n  e. an additional eight hour annual in-service training course for\nholders of special armed guard registration cards.\n  The training programs and courses required by this subdivision may, if\napproved and certified by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision two\nof section eight hundred forty-one-c of the executive law, be given and\nadministered by security guard companies.\n  Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a security guard company\nfrom voluntarily providing training programs and courses which exceed\nthe minimum requirements provided by this subdivision.\n  Upon completion of a required training course, a security guard shall\nreceive from the provider a certificate evidencing satisfactory\ncompletion thereof in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the\ncommissioner pursuant to section eight hundred forty-one-c of the\nexecutive law.\n  2. a. A security guard who has been or was previously employed as a\npeace officer for eighteen months or more who exhibits a valid\ncertificate awarded pursuant to subdivision six of section 2.30 of the\ncriminal procedure law attesting to his or her satisfactory completion\nof the training requirements imposed by section 2.30 of the criminal\nprocedure law shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraph c of\nsubdivision one of this section provided that such peace officer has\ncompleted a course of firearms training approved by the municipal police\ntraining council provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision\nshall be deemed to authorize such guard to carry, possess, repair or\ndispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been\nissued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.\n  3. A security guard who is also employed as a peace officer for\neighteen months or more shall be exempt from the requirements of\nparagraph e of subdivision one of this section as long as he or she is\ncurrently employed as a peace officer and provides to his or her\nsecurity guard employer proof of such annual in-service training\nrequired under paragraph e of subdivision one of this section.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a security guard\nwho is:\n  a. a correction officer of any state correctional facility having the\npowers of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of section\n2.10 of the criminal procedure law;\n  b. a bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant of the\nTriborough bridge and tunnel authority having the powers of a peace\nofficer pursuant to subdivision twenty of section 2.10 of the criminal\nprocedure law;\n  c. a uniformed court officer of the unified court system having the\npowers of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision twenty-one of section\n2.10 of the criminal procedure law;\n  d. a court clerk having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to\nsubdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law;\n  e. a deputy sheriff having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to\nsubdivision two of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law;\n  f. a police officer as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),\n(f), (j), (k), (l), (o) and (p) of subdivision thirty-four of section\n1.20 of the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such\nemployment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that\na retired police officer who has been retired from such employment for a\nperiod in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to his\nor her security guard employer of his or her satisfactory completion of\nan eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the\ncommissioner, and provided further, however, that a retired police\nofficer who will be required by his or her security guard employer to\ncarry a firearm or will be authorized to have access to a firearm shall\nprovide to such employer proof of his or her satisfactory completion of\na forty-seven hour firearms training course approved by the commissioner\nand, if such firearms training course has not been completed within one\nyear prior to such employment, satisfactory completion of an additional\neight hour annual firearms in-service training course approved by the\ncommissioner, such training course to be completed at least annually; or\n  g. a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and\ntwenty-five and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section\n2.10 of the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such\nemployment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that\na retired peace officer who has been retired from such employment for a\nperiod in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to his\nor her security guard employer of his or her satisfactory completion of\nan eight hour annual in-service training course approved by the\nmunicipal police training council, and provided further, however, that a\nretired peace officer who will be required by his or her security guard\nemployer to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have access to a\nfirearm shall provide to such employer proof of his or her satisfactory\ncompletion of a forty-seven hour firearms training course approved by\nthe municipal police training council and, if such firearms training\ncourse has not been completed within one year prior to employment,\nsatisfactory completion of an additional eight hour annual firearms\nin-service training course approved by the municipal police training\ncouncil, such training course to be completed at least annually.\n