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 1 - Standards for Municipal Police Officer Candidates › Part 6000 - Medical And Physical Fitness Standards And Procedures For Police Officer Candidates › Section 6000.2 - Statement of purpose

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
						With the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
						42 U.S.C.
						12101 et seq., into law, the council
						recognized the need to revise the height, weight, and physical fitness
						standards for entry-level police officers to ensure that all such standards
						were job-related, consistent with business necessity, and did not discriminate
						against qualified persons with disabilities. Over a one-year period, a
						comprehensive statewide job task analysis of the essential functions of an
						entry-level police officer was conducted with the participation of over three
						hundred law enforcement supervisors. A detailed listing of the essential job
						functions generally common to all police agencies in the State was developed.
						Based upon that list, a medical advisory group consisting of physicians and
						other health-related professionals who have examined police officer candidates
						pursuant to their employment, formulated a list of standards for entry-level
						police officers, and noted medical conditions which may potentially disqualify
						a candidate from learning and performing the essential functions of an
						entry-level police officer. It is important to keep in mind that the job task
						analysis only identified the essential job functions generally common to all
						policing. A local police agency may have additional or different essential job
						functions for its entry-level police officers which are not specifically
						addressed in the statewide listing.
(b) In accordance with Title VII of the Civil
						Rights Act of 1964 (42
						U.S.C. §
													2000e et seq.), the council
						also recognized the need to revise the physical fitness screening practice so
						that the test employed provides an objective, verifiable measure of physical
						fitness that is properly focused on job-related skills and aptitudes and
						provides an accurate assessment of a candidate's physiological capacity to
						learn and perform the essential job functions of an entry-level police officer.
						Pursuant to the statewide job task analysis, a battery of physical screening
						elements was developed based upon the model formulated by the Cooper Institute
						for Aerobics Research. The analysis recommended the adoption of such elements
						for physical fitness screening and determined that such elements do not
						adversely impact a candidate based upon his/her sex. The physical fitness
						screening elements of the tests are job-related, consistent with business
						necessity and do not discriminate against qualified persons. Each of the
						physical fitness screening elements of the tests were validated and correlated
						to the performance of essential job functions.
(c) The purpose of this Part is to set forth
						the essential job functions adopted pursuant to the statewide job task analysis
						which are generally common among all police agencies, the minimum medical and
						physical fitness standards for entry-level police officer candidates, and the
						process for medical review by a qualified physician or a qualified practitioner
						to examine each candidate and allow such candidate to demonstrate on a
						case-by-case basis, his/her ability to perform the essential job functions of
						an entry-level police officer, regardless of the existence of a potentially
						disqualifying condition.