N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 6026.8

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 6026.8 - Requirements for completion of a pre-employment police basic training course

(a) All pre-employment police basic training course requirements must be completed as a single and cohesive unit.

(b) Attendance is required at all sessions of the pre-employment police 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 police 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 police basic training course for police officers is successfully completed. The course director will assemble examination material, give and supervise examination(s), and grade the examination(s). The college, two-year 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 police 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 police 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 police basic training course shall attest only to completion of a portion of the total curriculum required in Part 6020 of this Title, and does not fulfill the training requirements for police officers set forth in section 209-q of the General Municipal 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 police basic training course has two years from the date of completion recorded on the transcript to obtain employment as a sworn police officer and thereafter complete the remaining training requirements prescribed by the council in accordance with the requirements of Part 6020 of this Title for purposes of compliance with the provisions of section 209-q of the General Municipal Law.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (g) of this section, where an individual obtains employment as a sworn police officer more than two years, but less than 10 years, from the date of completion recorded on the transcript, the training completed pursuant to this Part shall remain valid for purposes of compliance with the provisions of section 209-q of the General Municipal Law if the individual completes the units of the police refresher course determined by the commissioner to refresh the original training and completes the remaining training requirements prescribed by the council in accordance with the requirements of Part 6020 of this Title.

(j) After 10 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 209-q of the General Municipal Law.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6026.8

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