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 6018 - Basic Course For Correction Officers › Section 6018.6 - Requirements for issuance of a certificate of completion

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						basic course requirements must be completed as a single and cohesive
						unit.
(b) Attendance is required of
						each correction 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 correction officer may be issued a certificate of completion
						without receiving the full program of instruction in firearms, or the defense
						of justification (use of physical force/deadly physical force).
(c) Each correction 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.
(d) The taking and passing of written
						examination(s) is required of each correction 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 the 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 the New York State Education Department. Such records must be
						available for inspection by members of the council or the
						commissioner.
(e) Upon
						certification by a course director stating that a correction officer has
						satisfactorily completed all basic course requirements, the commissioner shall
						issue a certificate of completion to such correction officer.
(f) A certificate of completion issued to a
						correction officer shall attest to fulfillment of the training requirements for
						correction officers as set forth in section 837-a (9)  of the Executive
						Law and for peace officers as set forth in article 2 of the Criminal Procedure
						Law.
(g) Only a sworn correction
						officer enrolled in a basic course for correction officers is eligible for the
						issuance of a certificate of completion upon satisfactory completion of all
						course requirements. A civilian who attends a basic course for correction
						officers shall not be awarded a certificate.