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 6025 - Basic Course For Peace Officers
Section 6025.3 - Minimum standards
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 6025.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(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.
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