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9 NYCRR 6056.1 - Purpose

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
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Compiled text through: Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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Latest notice: PSC-14-25-00003-P · Proposed rule · Apr 9, 2025
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The purpose of this Part is to set forth reporting and recordkeeping procedures to be followed by employers of police and peace officers and by the Division of Criminal Justice Services in maintaining the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers, pursuant to section 845 of the Executive Law, and:

(a)to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a permanent system of identification for each police and peace officer whose name is required by law to be entered in the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers, pursuant to section 845(3) of such law;

(b)to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers and the integrity of the registry as a public record;

(c)to ensure that persons whose names are contained in the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers are lawfully appointed; and

(d)to enhance the ability of the Division of Criminal Justice Services to cooperate with the Division of State Police in making information in the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers available for the purpose of verifying transactions involving firearms, pursuant to section 845(5) of such law.

9 NYCRR 6056.2 - Definitions

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9 NYCRR 6056.3 - Division responsibility

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(a)The division shall maintain the Central State Registry of Police Officers and Peace Officers, pursuant to section 845 of the Executive Law. The division shall enter into such registry all information concerning police or peace officers required to be reported by employers by such law and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commissioner may adopt to ensure the accuracy of such information and integrity of the registry as a public record.

(b)The division shall not enter the name of any person in the registry if it has knowledge that such person is not lawfully appointed or eligible to be a police or peace officer, notwithstanding the submission of the name of such person by an employer for registration.

(c)Where the division has cause to believe that any person whose name is submitted for entry in the registry or who is registered as a police or peace officer may not be eligible, the division shall proceed pursuant to section 6056.6 of this Part.

(d)When it shall appear to the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee that there is a material inaccuracy in an employer’s reporting of the reason an officer ceased to serve pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 845 of the Executive Law, the division may proceed pursuant to section 6056.7 of this Part.

9 NYCRR 6056.4 - Employer reporting requirements

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9 NYCRR 6056.5 - Form for reports

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Information reported in accordance with the provisions of section 6056.4 of this Part shall be reported as follows:

(a)Each police officer employer shall complete and submit for each police officer employee the form entitled “Police Officer Registry Entry Form” available on request from the division. Such form shall be submitted to the division at the time of initial appointment.

(b)Each peace officer employer shall complete and submit for each peace officer employee the form entitled “Peace Officer Registry Entry Form” available on request from the division. Such form shall be submitted to the division at the time of initial appointment.

(c)Each employer shall immediately notify the division when an officer’s registry information needs to be modified or deleted, including the effective date when such officer ceases to serve and the reason for such pursuant to section 6056.4(d) of this Part. Such information shall be submitted utilizing the division’s web-based records management system (or its successor).

(d)Each employer shall notify the division no later than the 15th day of each January of the names of all police or peace officers who have ceased to be employed by it in the preceding 12 months.

(e)The division may utilize the division’s web-based records management system (or its successor) to provide each employer with a list of all police or peace officers identified in the registry as employed by it. The employer shall examine such list to verify the completion of all statutorily required basic and in-service training for each police and peace officer it employs and delete therefrom the names of any persons no longer employed by it as police or peace officers or the names of police or peace officers who have failed to complete the statutorily required training within the required timeframes. Such information shall include the effective date such officer ceases to serve and the reason for such. Completion and submission of such a list shall be deemed compliance with the reporting requirements of subdivision (d) of this section.

(f)The commissioner may approve a reporting format other than that set forth in subdivision (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section. Such approval shall be granted in writing.

9 NYCRR 6056.6 - Exclusion from registry

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Latest notice: PSC-14-25-00003-P · Proposed rule · Apr 9, 2025
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(a)Where the division has cause to believe that any person whose name has been submitted for entry in the registry, or who is already registered as a police or peace officer, may be ineligible under any provision of article 2 or 3 of the Public Officers Law or of article 1 or 2 of the Criminal Procedure Law to be a police or peace officer, or prohibited from possessing firearms by Federal law, the division shall notify the person's employer and the employer shall notify the division within 30 days that the person's name should be deleted from the registry.

(b)The division shall also notify the Division of State Police where questions concerning the lawful possession of firearms are involved, and the Attorney General where questions concerning charitable corporations are involved.

(c)Where the division has cause to believe that a person who is registered as a police or peace officer has not completed the required training in the timeframe prescribed by law or regulation, the division may notify the person’s employer and the employer shall notify the division within 30 days that the person’s name should be deleted from the registry.

(d)Where the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee determines there is a material inaccuracy in an employer’s reporting of the reason an officer ceased to serve, the division shall correct the inaccuracy of such record on the registry pursuant to section 6056.7 of this Part.

9 NYCRR 6056.7 - Resolution of registry conflicts

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
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Latest notice: PSC-14-25-00003-P · Proposed rule · Apr 9, 2025
Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

(a)When it shall appear to the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee that there is a material inaccuracy in an employer’s reporting of the reason an officer ceased to serve, as received by the commissioner pursuant to section 845(b)(2) of the Executive Law, the commissioner shall attempt to resolve the perceived inaccuracy. If such attempt does not promptly resolve the discrepancy, the commissioner shall issue a notice to the employer and the officer who is the subject of such notification of the commissioner’s intent to amend the inaccuracy of such record.

(1)Within 15 days of the receipt of said notice, the employer or the officer may forward to the commissioner a written request for a hearing to be held by the council to consider the accuracy of the agency’s reporting of the reason an officer ceased to serve. The commissioner shall forward the request to the council. The failure of the employer or officer to timely request a hearing shall not preclude the commissioner from correcting said material inaccuracy.

(2)Such hearing shall be held at the next meeting of the council or subsequent meeting or special meeting of the council. At least 15 days before the next meeting, the council shall give to the employer or officer written notice by mail of the time and place of said meeting, wherein a hearing shall be held to consider the accuracy of said notification. The employer or officer may be represented at the hearing by counsel and may produce any evidence to support their position.

(3)The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the State Administrative Procedure Act. Following deliberation, and in accordance with the open meetings law established by article 7 of the Public Officers Law, the council shall submit its recommendation to the commissioner. Following receipt of the council’s recommendation, and within 90 days of the date of the hearing, the commissioner shall forward to the employer and the officer the decision and the reasons given for such decision. The commissioner makes the final decision, notwithstanding the council’s recommendation.

9 NYCRR 6056.8 - Review

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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Latest notice: PSC-14-25-00003-P · Proposed rule · Apr 9, 2025
Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

(a)Any person whose name is not accepted for entry in the registry, or whose name is removed therefrom, shall, on request, be provided the opportunity to review all information in the possession of the division on which such determination was based subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Part 6050 of this Title, where applicable. Such person may present argument on issues of law and fact to the employer. The employer may then resubmit such person's name for registration, along with a statement of the reasons establishing such person's eligibility to be a police or peace officer.

(b)When such person is removed from the registry pursuant to section 6056.4(d)(4) or (5) or pursuant to section 6056.7 of this Part the division may submit such person’s name to the national decertification index (or its successor).

9 NYCRR 6056.9 - Severability

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
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Compiled text through: Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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Latest notice: PSC-14-25-00003-P · Proposed rule · Apr 9, 2025
Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

If any provision of this Part or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or impair the validity of the other provisions of this Part or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances.

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