Time limitations for completion of the basic course for police officers
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Dates and status
- 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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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Latest notice
- CJS-52-15-00018-P · Proposed rule · Apr 6, 2016
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Every person appointed as a police officer, on or after July 1, 1960, shall forfeit such position unless he or she has received, within one year from his or her date of original appointment, a certificate of satisfactory completion of a basic course approved by the commissioner.
(b)A police officer who, because of exigent circumstances, is unable to complete a basic course within the one-year period prescribed by subdivision (a) of this section may apply through his or her employer for an extension of this period by the commissioner. Such applications shall be made in writing and must describe the circumstances which necessitate the application. Illustrative of exigent circumstances are: the officer's inability to complete a basic course for health reasons or the temporary unavailability of a training program within a reasonable distance from the officer's place of employment. If the commissioner determines that circumstances warrant extension of the one-year period, he or she may grant approval of such extension. In no instance shall this period be extended beyond a total of two years from the initial date of appointment as a police officer, except as otherwise required by law.