N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 6021.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 6021.6 - Requirements for issuance of a certificate of completion

(a) All supervisory course requirements, shall be completed as a single and cohesive unit.

(b) Attendance shall be required of each police officer at all sessions of the supervisory 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 hours of instruction as provided from the curriculum of the course. An absentee from any scheduled class session shall make up such absence as required by the course director.

(c) A police officer who is unable to satisfactorily complete the full curriculum of a supervisory course due to excessive absence may apply for authorization to complete the requirements of that curriculum in an alternately approved supervisory 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 the officer to make up required hours at another supervisory course in satisfaction of the requirements for a certificate of completion. Such a 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 supervisory 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 a 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 supervisory course requirements, the commissioner may issue a certificate of completion to such police officer.

(g) Receipt of the certificate of completion by a police officer shall be considered as fulfillment of the training obligation as set forth in section 209-q of the General Municipal Law and shall not be construed as a limitation of the discretionary power of the appointing officer to terminate the services of a probationary police officer in the manner prescribed of by law.

(h) Only a sworn police officer enrolled in a course in police supervision is eligible for the issuance of a certificate of completion upon satisfactory completion of all course requirements.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6021.6

Amended New York State Register March 25, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 12, eff. 3/25/2020