New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 4 - POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM › Subchapter 2 - ENROLLMENT › Section 17:4-2.4 - Training requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) As required
				under 43:16A-1(2)(a)(iii),
				permanent, full-time police officers are required to successfully complete the
				training requirement prescribed under
				52:17B-66 et seq., (Police
				Training Commission (PTC)) or proof of comparable training requirements as
				determined by the Board of Trustees.
1. For
				positions under the statutory authority of the PTC, all police applicants must
				receive certification of successful completion of the basic training course for
				municipal police officers, which includes the physical conditioning program and
				the medical certification for participation in the training approved by the PTC
				pursuant to
				52:17B-66 et seq.
2. For positions that are not under the
				statutory authority of the PTC, all police applicants are required to complete
				comparable training to that prescribed by the PTC for municipal police
				officers, which includes the physical conditioning program and the medical
				certification for participation in the training. The employer must certify to
				the Division of the completion of the aforementioned training.
3. An applicant may be exempt from some parts
				of the basic training course if the applicant has successfully completed police
				training conducted by a Federal, State or county agency if the requirements are
				substantially equivalent to the requirements of a municipal police officer and
				approved by the PTC.
i. For those positions
				under the statutory authority of the PTC, the applicant must receive
				certification from the PTC regarding such exemption and successfully complete
				the remaining course work at an approved PTC school in New Jersey.
ii. For those positions not under the
				statutory authority of the PTC, in order for the Division to consider whether
				the applicant qualifies under the comparable police training rule, the
				applicant must submit the following documents to the Division for review of the
				authorized training credit:
(1) A letter of
				waiver request;
(2) A transcript of
				the training courses from the prior Federal, State or county agency, including
				the dates of completion for each course; and
(3) The course description of each and every
				police training course that the police applicant wishes to use for an
				exemption.
4.
				Comparable training for out-of-State police training courses cannot be more
				than three years from the date the police applicant graduated from the police
				academy.
5. Comparable training for
				in-State police training courses cannot be more than three years from the date
				the police applicant separated service with the former New Jersey employer to
				the date of the employment with the current New Jersey employer.
6. The applicant must successfully complete
				the remaining course work at either an approved PTC school in New Jersey or a
				school that offers comparable training to that prescribed by the PTC as set
				forth in (a)2 above. The employer must certify to the Division that such basic
				training course was satisfactorily completed.