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NY A03836
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
D. Billy Jones
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AI Summary
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Allows former New York State Police sworn members to receive certification as municipal police officers if their training and credentials are deemed substantially equivalent to municipal police basic training programs
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Permits elected or appointed sheriffs to apply for certification based on equivalent State Police qualifications rather than completing separate municipal police training
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Directs the Municipal Police Training Council, in consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, to establish rules for determining which State Police qualifications and credentials satisfy municipal police training requirements
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Requires the Council to create an application process for former State Police members to receive certificates attesting to their equivalent qualifications
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Updates gender-neutral language in existing law (replacing "his" and "he" with "such person's" and "their")
Legislative Description
Relates to the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and undersheriffs; directs the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations relating to qualification for municipal police forces for persons who were previously sworn members of the state police and to provide certificates to such persons who meet such qualifications.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/8/2025