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 6026 - Pre-employment Police Training › Section 6026.8 - Requirements for completion of a pre-employment police basic training course

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						pre-employment police basic training course requirements must be completed as a
						single and cohesive unit.
(b)
						Attendance is required at all sessions of the pre-employment police basic
						training course except for valid reasons. The course director is authorized to
						decide the validity of excuses 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 will make up such absence
						as required by the course director.
(c) Each individual enrolled in a
						pre-employment police basic training 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.
(d) The taking and
						passing of written examination(s) with at least a grade of C (70 percent) is
						required of each individual before a pre-employment police basic training
						course for police officers is successfully completed. The course director will
						assemble examination material, give and supervise examination(s), and grade the
						examination(s). The college, two-year college, or university 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 the commissioner.
(e) Within 10 days after conclusion of a
						basic course, the course director shall forward the course roster to the
						commissioner denoting the performance of respective trainees.
(f) The college, two-year college, or
						university shall record the completion of a pre-employment police basic
						training course on the official transcript issued by the college, two-year
						college, or university to each individual that successfully passes the written
						examination(s) required pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section. The date
						of completion of the pre-employment police basic training course or the program
						it was a component of shall appear on the transcript.
(g) A transcript record of completion of a
						pre-employment police basic training course shall attest only to completion of
						a portion of the total curriculum required in Part 6020 of this Title, and does
						not fulfill the training requirements for police officers set forth in section 209-q  of the General Municipal
						Law.
(h) The training completed
						pursuant to this Part shall remain valid for two years from the date of
						completion recorded on the transcript. An individual who has completed the
						pre-employment police basic training course has two years from the date of
						completion recorded on the transcript to obtain employment as a sworn police
						officer and thereafter complete the remaining training requirements prescribed
						by the council in accordance with the requirements of Part 6020 of this Title
						for purposes of compliance with the provisions of section 209-q  of the General Municipal
						Law.
(i) Notwithstanding the
						provisions of subdivision (g) of this section, where an individual obtains
						employment as a sworn police officer more than two years, but less than 10
						years, from the date of completion recorded on the transcript, the training
						completed pursuant to this Part shall remain valid for purposes of compliance
						with the provisions of section 209-q  of the General Municipal Law if the
						individual completes the units of the police refresher course determined by the
						commissioner to refresh the original training and completes the remaining
						training requirements prescribed by the council in accordance with the
						requirements of Part 6020 of this Title.
(j) After 10 years from the date of
						completion recorded on the transcript, the training will no longer be valid for
						purposes of compliance with the provisions of section 209-q  of the General Municipal
						Law.