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 6019 - Pre-employment Correction Training › Section 6019.8 - Requirements for completion of a pre-employment correction basic training course

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						pre-employment correction basic training course requirements must be completed
						as a single and cohesive unit.
(b)
						Attendance is required at all sessions of the pre-employment correction 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 correction 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 correction basic training
						course for correction officers is successfully completed. The course director
						will assemble examination material, give and supervise examination(s), and
						grade the examination(s). The college, twoyear 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 correction 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 correction 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 correction basic training course shall attest only to completion
						of a portion of the total curriculum required in Part 6018 of this Title, and
						does not fulfill the training requirements for correction officers set forth in
						section 2.30  of the Criminal Procedure
						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 correction basic training course has two years from the date of
						completion recorded on the transcript to obtain employment as a sworn
						correction officer and, thereafter, complete the remaining training
						requirements prescribed by the council in accordance with the requirements of
						Part 6018 of this Title for purposes of compliance with the provisions of
						section 2.30  of the Criminal Procedure
						Law.
(i) After two 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 2.30  of the Criminal Procedure
						Law.