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 6020.6 - Requirements for issuance of a certificate of completion

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All basic course requirements, including
						classroom instruction and supervised field training review and orientation,
						must be completed as a single and cohesive unit.
(b) Attendance shall be required of each
						police 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 police officer may be issued a certificate of completion without
						receiving the full program of instruction in firearms, the defense of
						justification (use of physical force/deadly physical force), and physical
						agility/arrest techniques.
(c) A
						police officer who is unable to satisfactorily complete the full curriculum of
						a basic course due to excessive absence may apply for authorization to complete
						the requirements of that curriculum in an alternately approved basic course.
						Such applications shall be subject to the approval of the course director. If
						the course director approves the application, it shall be forwarded to the
						commissioner by the course director. The commissioner may authorize such
						officer to make up required hours at another basic course in satisfaction of
						the requirements for a certificate of completion. Such determination shall be
						subject to review and approval by the council at its next scheduled meeting
						subsequent to such determination.
(d) Each police 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.
(e) The taking and passing of written
						examination(s) is required of each police 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 Education. Such records shall be available for inspection by
						members of the council or the commissioner.
(f) Upon certification by a course director
						stating that a police officer has satisfactorily completed all basic course
						requirements, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of completion to such
						police officer.
(g) A certificate
						of completion shall attest to fulfillment of the training requirements for
						police officers set forth in section 209-q (1)  of the General
						Municipal Law.
(h) Only a sworn
						police officer enrolled in a basic course for police officers is eligible for
						the issuance of a certificate of completion upon satisfactory completion of all
						course requirements. A peace officer who attends a basic course for police
						officers is eligible only for the issuance of a certificate documenting his or
						her successful completion of the peace officer training requirements. A
						civilian who attends a basic course for police officers shall not be awarded a
						certificate.