New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle U - Division of Criminal Justice Services › Chapter I - Law Enforcement Services › Subchapter A - Municipal Police Training Council › Article 2 - Municipal Police Training Program › Part 6025 - Basic Course For Peace Officers › Section 6025.6 - Time limits for completion of the basic course for peace officers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) No person
						appointed as a peace officer after September 1, 1980 shall exercise the powers
						of a peace officer unless such person has been awarded a certificate by the
						commissioner attesting to the satisfactory completion of the basic course
						prescribed in section
						6025.3  of this
						Part within 12 months of appointment.
(b) Attendance is required of each officer at
						all sessions of the basic course, except for valid reasons. The course director
						is authorized to determine the validity of, and excuse, absences of not more
						than 10 percent of the total hours of instruction as provided for in the
						curriculum of the course. An absentee from any scheduled class session shall
						make up such absence as required by the course director. However, no officer
						may be issued a certificate of completion without receiving the full program of
						instruction in firearms, the defense of justification (use of physical
						force/deadly physical force), and physical agility/arrest techniques.
(c) A peace officer who is unable to
						satisfactorily complete the full curriculum of a basic course due to excessive
						absences may apply for authorization to complete the requirements of that
						curriculum in an alternately approved basic course. Such applications shall be
						subject to the approval of the course director. If the course director approves
						the application, it must be forwarded to the commissioner by the course
						director. The commissioner may authorize such officer to make up required hours
						at another basic course in satisfaction of the requirements for a certificate
						of completion. Such determination shall be subject to review and approval by
						the counsel at its next scheduled meeting subsequent to such
						determination.
(d) Each peace
						officer enrolled in a basic course shall keep a notebook. The notebook shall
						contain an outline of major points and pertinent information for each topic
						presented. The course director will evaluate notebooks based upon criteria such
						as content, organization, regularity of entries, accuracy and
						legibility.
(e) The taking and
						passing of written examination(s) is required of each officer prior to issuance
						of a certificate of completion. If a series of examinations is required by the
						course director, the candidate must achieve a total passing average for the
						series. The course director shall assemble examination material, give and
						supervise examination(s) and grade the examination(s). The course director and
						sponsoring agency shall retain the examination papers as required by the
						appropriate schedule for records retention and disposition promulgated by the
						Commissioner of Education. Such records must be available for inspection by
						members of the council or the commissioner.
(f) Upon certification by a course director
						stating that a peace officer has satisfactorily completed all basic course
						requirements, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of completion to such
						peace officer.