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 6020 - Basic Course For Police Officers › Section 6020.8 - Issuance of equivalency certificates

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Any person, who has been appointed a
						police officer of any municipality of the State of New York and who has
						formerly been permanently appointed a police officer of the United States, or
						of any territory or possession thereof, or of the District of Columbia, or of
						any of the United States or its subdivisions, other than any person who has
						been removed from said appointment pursuant to section
						6056.4(c)(4) or
						(5)  of this Title, may apply to the
						commissioner for leave to substitute satisfactory completion of a course of
						police training completed in such other jurisdiction in satisfaction of all or
						part of the requirements of an approved basic course for police officers
						imposed under section 209-q  of the General Municipal Law. The
						commissioner shall review and evaluate all such applications and may require
						the applicant to submit such additional documentation as he or she shall deem
						necessary. If, upon review and evaluation of such application, the commissioner
						determines that a program of police training completed by the applicant in
						another jurisdiction meets or exceeds all or part of the minimum standards
						prescribed in section
						6020.3  of this
						Part, the commissioner may authorize such training to be substituted for such
						requirements of the basic course as he or she shall deem appropriate. The
						commissioner shall certify, in writing, the extent to which all or part of the
						curriculum of the basic course may be waived and any noted deficiencies must be
						satisfactorily completed at a basic course approved by the commissioner, within
						the period of time prescribed in section
						6020.7 
						of this Part. Applicants for equivalency certificates shall be subject to the
						same limitations and requirements as prescribed in sections
						6020.6
						and
						6020.7 
						of this Part and section 209-q  of the General Municipal
						Law.
(b) Any person, who, after
						June 2, 2011, has completed a basic training program, other than a specialized
						training program, consisting of instruction derived from the basic course for
						police officers imposed under section 209-q  of the General Municipal Law, may
						apply to the commissioner for leave to substitute satisfactory completion of a
						course of basic training consisting of instruction derived from the basic
						course for police officers in satisfaction of all or part of the requirements
						of an approved basic course for police officers imposed under section 209-q  of the General Municipal Law. The
						commissioner shall review and evaluate all such applications and may require
						the applicant to submit such additional documentation as he or she shall deem
						necessary. If, upon review and evaluation of such application, the commissioner
						determines that a program of basic training consisting of instruction derived
						from the basic course for police officers and completed by the applicant meets
						or exceeds all or part of the minimum standards prescribed in section
						6020.3  of this
						Part, the commissioner may authorize such training to be substituted for such
						requirements of the basic course as he or she shall deem appropriate. The
						commissioner shall certify, in writing, the extent to which all or part of the
						curriculum of the basic course may be waived and noted deficiencies must be
						satisfactorily completed at a basic course approved by the commissioner, within
						the period of time prescribed in section
						6020.7 
						of this Part. Applicants for equivalency certificates shall be subject to the
						same limitations and requirements as prescribed in sections
						6020.6
						and
						6020.7 
						of this Part and section 209-q  of the General Municipal
						Law.