2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 11 - Division of State Police › 215 - Organization; Salaries; Qualifications; Appointment; Term; Rules and Regulations.

§ 215. Organization;   salaries;  qualifications;  appointment;  term;
rules and regulations. 1. The New York state police shall,  in  addition
to the superintendent, consist of the following sworn members:
(a) a headquarters staff consisting of the following positions:
(1) one first deputy superintendent;
(2) one deputy superintendent who shall serve as field commander;
(3) one deputy superintendent in charge of administrative services;
(4)  one  deputy  superintendent  in  charge  of  employee  relations,
training and human resources;
(5) one deputy superintendent who shall serve as  chief  inspector  in
charge of inspectional services and internal affairs;
(6) one counsel;
(7)  seven  assistant  deputy  superintendents,  one  of whom shall be
assigned  to  the  uniform  force,  one  to  the  bureau   of   criminal
investigation,   two  for  administrative  services,  one  for  employee
relations, training and human resources, and  two  who  shall  serve  as
deputy chief inspectors;
(8) one confidential assistant;
(9)  one first assistant counsel and such assistant counsels and staff
attorneys as the superintendant may appoint;
(10) such inspectors as the superintendent may appoint;
(11) such majors, one of whom shall be the director  of  training  and
commanding  officer of the New York state police academy and one of whom
shall be in charge of the detail assigned  for  special  duty  with  the
governor, as the superintendent may appoint;
(12) such captains as the superintendent may appoint;
(13) such technical lieutenants as the superintendent may appoint;
(14) one chief technical sergeant;
(15)   such   staff   sergeants   and   technical   sergeants  as  the
superintendent may appoint from time to time; and
(16) such additional members as the superintendent may deem  necessary
for the adequate and proper administration of the New York state police.
(b) in addition to the headquarters staff there shall be not less than
ten troops each composed of:
(1) one major;
(2)  not  less  than seven lieutenants; such lieutenants designated as
captains by the superintendent shall serve as zone commanders;
(3) one first sergeant;
(4) such sergeants as the superintendent may appoint within  the  sums
appropriated  therefor;  sergeants  designated  by the superintendent as
zone sergeants shall serve as assistant zone commanders;
(5) such technical sergeants as the superintendent  may  appoint  from
time to time within the sums appropriated therefor;
(6) such corporals as shall hold office as such; and
(7)  such  troopers  as the superintendent may appoint within the sums
appropriated therefor.
Appointment or assignment to such  positions  shall  be  made  by  the
superintendent  who  shall  also  fix  the  salaries  for such positions
subject to the approval of the director of the budget  within  the  sums
appropriated therefor.
The  superintendent  may  appoint  to  the  troops,  within  the  sums
appropriated therefor, as members of the New  York  state  police,  such
numbers  as  may  be  required to carry out the purposes of the New York
state police, and he may  also  from  time  to  time,  within  the  sums
appropriated therefor, appoint such other additional personnel as may be
required  for  all  necessary  police  purposes,  including policing and
protecting the lands and parkways of the state.
2. a. Salary schedules for the titles of trooper, sergeant,  technical
sergeant,  station  commander,  zone  sergeant,  first  sergeant,  staff
sergeant, chief technical sergeant,  lieutenant,  technical  lieutenant,
lieutenant BCI, captain, captain BCI and major:
(1)  Effective  April  first,  two  thousand  eighteen, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in  the  division  of
state  police  shall  receive  a  basic  annual  salary  pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange,       City of New       Nassau and       All Other
Putnam and    York, Rockland    Suffolk          Locations
Dutchess      and Westchester   Counties
Counties      Counties
Trainee 1       N/A             N/A             N/A            $55,073
Trainee 2     $73,365         $74,529         $74,832          $73,146
Step 1        $78,124         $79,289         $79,595          $77,909
Step 2        $82,882         $84,047         $84,353          $82,665
Step 3        $85,731         $86,895         $87,201          $85,514
Step 4        $89,109         $90,272         $90,578          $88,890
Step 5        $92,862         $94,025         $94,332          $92,644
(2) Effective April first,  two  thousand  nineteen,  members  of  the
collective  negotiating  unit  consisting of troopers in the division of
state police shall receive the  basic  annual  salary  pursuant  to  the
following  schedule, except that (a) any member at the trainee 1 rate as
of March 31, 2019 shall receive the  salary  in  this  subparagraph  (if
eligible) and progress to the trainee 2 rate as provided in subparagraph
one  of this paragraph until such time as they complete their service in
the trainee 2 rate and at such time they shall move to  the  Step  1  in
this  subparagraph and (b) any member at the trainee 2 rate, pursuant to
subparagraph one of  this  paragraph,  as  of  March  thirty-first,  two
thousand  nineteen shall receive a two percent increase in salary rather
than the trainee 2 rate in  this  paragraph  until  such  time  as  they
complete their service as a trainee 2 and move to the Step 1 rate in the
following schedule:
Orange,       City of New       Nassau and       All Other
Putnam and    York, Rockland    Suffolk          Locations
Dutchess      and Westchester   Counties
Counties      Counties
Trainee 1       N/A             N/A             N/A            $56,174
Trainee 2     $56,174         $56,174         $56,174          $56,174
Step 1        $79,686         $80,875         $81,187          $79,467
Step 2        $84,540         $85,728         $86,040          $84,318
Step 3        $87,446         $88,633         $88,945          $87,224
Step 4        $90,891         $92,077         $92,390          $90,668
Step 5        $94,719         $95,906         $96,219          $94,497
(3)  Effective  April  first,  two  thousand  twenty,  members  of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in  the  division  of
state  police  shall  receive  a  basic  annual  salary  pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange,       City of New       Nassau and       All Other
Putnam and    York, Rockland    Suffolk          Locations
Dutchess      and Westchester   Counties
Counties      Counties
Trainee 1       N/A             N/A             N/A            $57,297
Trainee 2     $57,297         $57,297         $57,297          $57,297
Step 1        $81,280         $82,493         $82,811          $81,056
Step 2        $86,231         $87,443         $87,761          $86,004
Step 3        $89,195         $90,406         $90,724          $88,968

Step 4        $92,709         $93,919         $94,238          $92,481
Step 5        $96,613         $97,824         $98,143          $96,387
(4)  Effective  April  first,  two thousand twenty-one, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in  the  division  of
state  police  shall  receive  a  basic  annual  salary  pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange,       City of New       Nassau and       All Other
Putnam and    York, Rockland    Suffolk          Locations
Dutchess      and Westchester   Counties
Counties      Counties
Trainee 1       N/A             N/A             N/A            $58,443
Trainee 2     $58,443         $58,443         $58,443          $58,443
Step 1        $82,906         $84,143         $84,467          $82,677
Step 2        $87,956         $89,192         $89,516          $87,724
Step 3        $90,979         $92,214         $92,538          $90,747
Step 4        $94,563         $95,797         $96,123          $94,331
Step 5        $98,545         $99,780         $100,106         $98,315
(5) Effective April first, two thousand  twenty-two,  members  of  the
collective  negotiating  unit  consisting of troopers in the division of
state police shall  receive  a  basic  annual  salary  pursuant  to  the
following schedule:
Orange,       City of New       Nassau and       All Other
Putnam and    York, Rockland    Suffolk          Locations
Dutchess      and Westchester   Counties
Counties      Counties
Trainee 1       N/A             N/A             N/A            $59,612
Trainee 2     $59,612         $59,612         $59,612          $59,612
Step 1        $84,564         $85,826         $86,156          $84,331
Step 2        $89,715         $90,976         $91,306          $89,478
Step 3        $92,799         $94,058         $94,389          $92,562
Step 4        $96,454         $97,713         $98,045          $96,218
Step 5        $100,516        $101,776        $102,108         $100,281
(6)  Effective  April  first,  two  thousand  eighteen, members of the
collective   negotiating   unit   consisting   of    commissioned    and
non-commissioned  officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
O/P/Du          NYC/R/W         Nass/Suff       All Others
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant      $109,380        $110,546        $110,851        $109,163
Station
Commander     $112,914        $114,080        $114,385        $112,700
Zone
Sergeant      $114,717        $115,878        $116,183        $114,500
First,
Staff
and
Chief T/
Sgt           $120,619        $121,781        $122,087        $120,401
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant    $130,715        $131,878        $132,183        $130,500
Lieutenant
BCI           $133,275        $134,439        $134,744        $133,057
Captain       $139,403        $140,567        $140,875        $139,187
Captain BCI   $142,002        $143,163        $143,470        $141,783
Major         $148,540        $149,703        $150,008        $148,321
(7) Effective April first,  two  thousand  nineteen,  members  of  the
collective    negotiating    unit   consisting   of   commissioned   and
non-commissioned officers in the division of state police shall  receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
O/P/Du          NYC/R/W         Nass/Suff       All Others
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant      $111,568        $112,757        $113,068        $111,346
Station
Commander     $115,172        $116,362        $116,673        $114,954
Zone
Sergeant      $117,011        $118,196        $118,507        $116,790
First,
Staff
and
Chief T/
Sgt           $123,031        $124,217        $124,529        $122,809
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant    $133,329        $134,516        $134,827        $133,110
Lieutenant
BCI           $135,941        $137,128        $137,439        $135,718
Captain       $142,191        $143,378        $143,693        $141,971
Captain BCI   $144,842        $146,026        $146,339        $144,619
Major         $151,511        $152,697        $153,008        $151,287
(8)  Effective  April  first,  two  thousand  twenty,  members  of the
collective   negotiating   unit   consisting   of    commissioned    and
non-commissioned  officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
O/P/Du          NYC/R/W         Nass/Suff       All Others
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant      $113,799        $115,012        $115,329        $113,573
Station
Commander     $117,475        $118,689        $119,006        $117,253
Zone
Sergeant      $119,351        $120,560        $120,877        $119,126
First,
Staff
and
Chief T/
Sgt           $125,492        $126,701        $127,020        $125,265
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant    $135,996        $137,206        $137,524        $135,772
Lieutenant
BCI           $138,660        $139,871        $140,188        $138,432
Captain       $145,035        $146,246        $146,567        $144,810
Captain BCI   $147,739        $148,947        $149,266        $147,511
Major         $154,541        $155,751        $156,068        $154,313
(9) Effective April first, two thousand  twenty-one,  members  of  the
collective    negotiating    unit   consisting   of   commissioned   and
non-commissioned officers in the division of state police shall  receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
O/P/Du           NYC/R/W         Nass/Suff      All Others
Sergeant and

Technical
Sergeant      $116,075        $117,312        $117,636        $115,844
Station
Commander     $119,825        $121,063        $121,386        $119,598
Zone
Sergeant      $121,738        $122,971        $123,295        $121,509
First,
Staff
and
Chief T/
Sgt           $128,002        $129,235        $129,560        $127,770
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant    $138,716        $139,950        $140,274        $138,487
Lieutenant
BCI           $141,433        $142,668        $142,992        $141,201
Captain       $147,936        $149,171        $149,498        $147,706
Captain BCI   $150,694        $151,926        $152,251        $150,461
Major         $157,632        $158,866        $159,189        $157,399
(10)  Effective  April  first, two thousand twenty-two, members of the
collective   negotiating   unit   consisting   of    commissioned    and
non-commissioned  officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
O/P/Du           NYC/R/W         Nass/Suff      All Others
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant      $118,397        $119,658        $119,989        $118,161
Station
Commander     $122,222        $123,484        $123,814        $121,990
Zone
Sergeant      $124,173        $125,430        $125,761        $123,939
First,
Staff
and
Chief T/
Sgt           $130,562        $131,820        $132,151        $130,325
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant    $141,490        $142,749        $143,079        $141,257
Lieutenant
BCI           $144,262        $145,521        $145,852        $144,025
Captain       $150,895        $152,154        $152,488        $150,660
Captain BCI   $153,708        $154,965        $155,296        $153,470
Major         $160,785        $162,043        $162,373        $160,547
b. The salary schedules in subparagraphs one, two, three and  four  of
paragraph  a  of  this subdivision shall reflect a five-step progression
from the entry level, step 1 salary to the highest level,  step  5,  for
the position of trooper.
c. The salary schedules in paragraph a of this subdivision reflect the
basic annual salary for employees in those titles listed whose principal
place  of employment, or in the case of a field employee, whose official
station as determined in accordance with the regulations  of  the  state
comptroller  is  located in the locations listed in the salary schedule.
The salary schedules shall not be applicable to  those  members  in  the
title of Special Trooper.
2-a.  The  superintendent  may  also  appoint a division physician who
shall be the medical consultant and chief medical examiner  of  the  New
York  state police, and assistant division physicians each of whom shall
be an assistant medical consultant and assistant chief medical  examiner
of the New York state police.
3.  The  sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed
by the superintendent and permanent appointees may  be  removed  by  the
superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
New  York state police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall be
a citizen of the United States,  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and
twenty-nine  years  except  that in the superintendent's discretion, the
maximum age may be extended to thirty-five  years.  Notwithstanding  any
other provision of law or any general or special law to the contrary the
time  spent  on military duty, not exceeding a total of six years, shall
be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed  his  or  her
twenty-ninth   birthday,   solely   for   the   purpose   of  permitting
qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limitations as to
age however shall not apply to persons appointed  to  the  positions  of
counsel,  first  assistant  counsel,  assistant  counsel,  and assistant
deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person appointed
to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section two  hundred
sixteen  of  this article nor shall any person be appointed unless he or
she has fitness and  good  moral  character  and  shall  have  passed  a
physical  and  mental  examination  based upon standards provided by the
rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall be  made
for  a  probationary period which, in the case of appointees required to
attend and complete  a  basic  training  program  at  the  state  police
academy,  shall  include  such time spent attending the basic school and
terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other  sworn
members  shall  be subject to a probationary period of one year from the
date  of  appointment.  Following   satisfactory   completion   of   the
probationary period the member shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary
resignation  or  withdrawal  from  the New York state police during such
appointment shall be  submitted  to  the  superintendent  for  approval.
Reasonable time shall be required to account for all equipment issued or
for  debts  or  obligations to the state to be satisfied. Resignation or
withdrawal from the division during a time of emergency, so declared  by
the  governor, shall not be approved if contrary to the best interest of
the state and shall be a misdemeanor. No sworn member removed  from  the
New   York  state  police  shall  be  eligible  for  reappointment.  The
superintendent shall make rules and regulations subject to  approval  by
the governor for the discipline and control of the New York state police
and for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointment
as  members thereto and such examinations shall be held and conducted by
the  superintendent  subject  to  such  rules   and   regulations.   The
superintendent  is  authorized  to  charge a fee of twenty dollars as an
application  fee  for  any  person  applying  to  take   a   competitive
examination  for  the position of trooper, and a fee of five dollars for
any competitive examination for a civilian position. The  superintendent
shall  promulgate regulations subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, to provide for a waiver of the application fee when the  fee
would cause an unreasonable hardship on the applicant and to establish a
fee schedule and charge fees for the use of state police facilities.
3-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the
contrary, the superintendent  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations
subject   to   approval  by  the  governor  for  the  administration  of
supplemental competitive examinations, to be given at not less than  six
month intervals for two years following the application deadline date of

the  regular  competitive  examination  for the position of trooper, for
individuals who, on the application deadline date or on the date of  the
regular  competitive examination, are in the active military service and
are otherwise qualified to sit for such exam.
4.  The  comptroller is hereby authorized to deduct from the salary of
any member of the New York state police or any employee of the New  York
state  police who holds life or group insurance under any salary savings
plan of the insurer such amounts, for payment of the premium thereon, as
such  member  or  employee  may  specify  in  writing  filed  with   the
comptroller,  and  to  transmit to the insurer the sums so deducted. Any
such written authorization may be withdrawn by such member  or  employee
at  any  time  upon  filing  written  notice of such withdrawal with the
comptroller.  Notwithstanding   the   foregoing   provisions   of   this
subdivision,  the  employee  organization certified, pursuant to article
fourteen  of  the  civil  service  law,  to  represent  the   collective
negotiating  unit consisting of troopers in the division of state police
shall have exclusive payroll deduction of membership dues  and  premiums
for insurance and mass-merchandized automobile and homeowners' insurance
policies  for  members  of  such  collective  negotiating  unit  and the
employee organization certified to represent the collective  negotiating
unit  consisting  of  commissioned and non-commissioned officers and the
employee organization certified to represent the collective  negotiating
unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators and investigative
specialists in the division of state police shall have exclusive payroll
deduction  of  premiums  for  insurance  programs  for  members  of such
collective negotiating unit  for  which  it  is  so  certified.  Payroll
deductions  for  such  dues  and premiums for members of such collective
negotiating units  shall  not  be  authorized  for  any  other  employee
organization  or  group  except  by  express  written  approval  of such
appropriate certified employee organization.
5.  Whenever  the  superintendent  finds  that  under  community  wage
practices  in private or other public employment in one or more areas or
locations in the state,  wage  rates  of  police  officers  in  a  given
location are substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state,
he  or  she  may, subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
authorize a pay differential  to  be  added  as  an  adjustment  to  the
established  salary  rates  for  the  same or related occupations in the
state police in such areas or locations. A pay differential  under  this
subdivision shall be a percentage or a fixed dollar amount as prescribed
in  each  case  by  the  superintendent  subject  to the approval of the
director of the budget.  Such differentials shall be in addition to  and
shall  not  be  part  of  a  member's basic annual salary, and shall not
affect or  impair  any  performance  advancement  payments,  performance
awards, longevity payments or other rights or benefits to which a member
may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter, provided, however,
that  any  differential  payable  pursuant  to this subdivision shall be
included as compensation for retirement  purposes.  A  pay  differential
shall  be terminated for any member when he or she ceases to be employed
in the position, or area or location for which such pay differential was
authorized. A pay differential shall remain in effect  until  terminated
by the superintendent, with the consent of the director of the budget or
until a new pay differential is authorized pursuant to this subdivision.
The  director  of the budget may adopt such regulations as he or she may
deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.