Requires each county to establish a retired police officer firearms qualification course that meets state standards for training and qualifications; requires counties to certify that such course has been successfully completed by applicants.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7828
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ALESSI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring each county to
establish a retired police officer firearms qualification course that
meets state standards for training and qualifications
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.02 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 400.02 Retired police officer firearms qualification course.
4 1. The police commissioner, chief of police or equivalent title for a
5 county is authorized and directed to implement a retired police officer
6 firearms qualification training program open to qualified retired police
7 officers which meets the state standards for firearm training and quali-
8 fications.
9 2. Upon completion of the course, the retired police officer shall
10 receive certification.
11 3. The police commissioner, chief of police or equivalent title shall
12 set forth terms and conditions of the training course and certification,
13 including but not limited to:
14 (a) teaching course material that meets the state standard for train-
15 ing and qualifications;
16 (b) require the retired officer to supply his or her own ammunition of
17 a quality approved for use by the county police department;
18 (c) issue after completion of such course a photographic identifica-
19 tion card identifying the date of training and the type or types of
20 weapon or weapons covered by the certification;
21 (d) collect an initial fee from the qualified retired law enforcement
22 officer for each firearm used in qualifying; and
23 (e) collect an additional fee for each photographic identification
24 card issued.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. No one shall be authorized to obtain certification under these
2 provisions if they have not met the requirements established in section
3 400.00 of this article.
4 5. A "qualified retired police officer" is a police officer defined
5 pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal
6 procedure law, who upon separation from the police department was imme-
7 diately entitled to receive retirement benefits under the provisions of
8 the retirement and social security law and has met the requirements of
9 section 400.00 of this article.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
11 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
12 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
13 effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on
14 or before such effective date.
