STATE OF NEW YORK
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, COOK, GIGLIO, ROBERTS -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. CORWIN, CROUCH, GOODELL, GRAF, McDONOUGH, NOLAN,
THIELE, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local
Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the validity
of certificates attesting to the satisfactory completion of an
approved municipal police basic training program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 209-q of the
2 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 551 of the laws of 2001, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) A certificate attesting to satisfactory completion of an approved
5 municipal police basic training program awarded by the executive direc-
6 tor of the municipal police training council pursuant to this subdivi-
7 sion shall remain valid:
8 (i) during the holder's continuous service as a police officer or
9 peace officer who has an equivalency certificate for police officer
10 training or an approved course for state university of New York public
11 safety officers issued in accordance with subdivision three of section
12 eight hundred forty-one of the executive law; and
13 (ii) for two years after the date of the commencement of an inter-
14 ruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to such
15 interruption, served as a police officer or peace officer who has an
16 equivalency certificate for police officer training or an approved
17 course for state university of New York public safety officers issued in
18 accordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred forty-one of
19 the executive law, for less than two consecutive years; or
20 (iii) for four years after the date of the commencement of an inter-
21 ruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to such
22 interruption, served as a police officer or peace officer who has an
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 equivalency certificate for police officer training or an approved
2 course for state university of New York public safety officers issued in
3 accordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred forty-one of
4 the executive law, for two consecutive years or longer; [or]
5 (iv) where the holder, whose interruption in continuous service as a
6 police officer does not exceed ten years, has satisfactorily completed
7 an approved police officer refresher course or where a peace officer,
8 who seeks an equivalency certificate for police officer training or an
9 approved course for state university of New York public safety officers
10 issued in accordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred
11 forty-one of the executive law, has satisfactorily completed relevant
12 police officer training courses, as prescribed by the municipal police
13 training council; or
14 (v) for up to a three year period of interruption in continuous
15 service, where the holder has previously served as police officer for at
16 least ten years and has an equivalency certificate for police officer
17 training, provided however, that such interruption consisted of serving
18 as a peace officer for state or local governments or any instrumentali-
19 ties thereof and that such service as a peace officer was substantially
20 comparable to the duties of a police officer, as determined by the
21 administrator of the employing police agency, and provided further, if
22 deemed necessary by the administrator of the employing police agency,
23 the holder has satisfactorily completed relevant police officer refresh-
24 er training courses.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
26 it shall have become a law.
