N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 6025.3

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

Section 6025.3 - Minimum standards

(a) The minimum amount of training for which certification can be granted by the commissioner shall consist of:

(1) the 35 classroom hours of instruction for peace officers or the 10 classroom hours of instruction for part-time peace officers, in subjects and time allotment as prescribed by the council; and

(2) those subjects and hours of instruction for peace officers and part-time peace officers as may be prescribed by their employers.

(b) Illustrative of, but not necessarily limited thereto, the basic training curriculum prescribed by the council may include certain major groupings of subjects such as basic law, ethics, investigations, observation and perception, techniques and mechanics of arrest, field note-taking and report-writing, interagency cooperation and conflict resolution.

(c)

(1) No peace officers, notwithstanding the date of their appointment, shall be allowed by their employer to carry or use a weapon during any phase of their official duties which constitutes on-duty employment, unless they have satisfactorily completed a course of training approved by the council in the use of deadly physical force and firearms and other weapons, and annually receive instruction in deadly physical force and the use of firearms and other weapons as approved by the council.

(2) Every peace officer appointed after November 1, 1991 who is statutorily authorized to carry a weapon shall, within six months of appointment, satisfactorily complete a course of training approved by the council in the use of deadly physical force and firearms and other weapons.

(e) Only course directors as defined in section 6025.1(b) of this Part may administer a basic course for peace officers.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6025.3

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