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

(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.