§ 209-q. Permanent appointment of police officers; completion of\ntraining program. 1. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,\nspecial or local law or charter to the contrary, no person shall, after\nJuly first, nineteen hundred sixty, receive an original appointment on a\npermanent basis as a police officer of any county, city, town, village\nor police district unless such person has previously been awarded a\ncertificate by the executive director of the municipal police training\ncouncil created under article thirty-five of the executive law,\nattesting to his satisfactory completion of an approved municipal police\nbasic training program; and every person who is appointed on a temporary\nbasis or for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as a\npolice officer of any county, city, town, village or police district\nshall forfeit his position as such unless he previously has\nsatisfactorily completed, or within the time prescribed by regulations\npromulgated by the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-two\nof the executive law, satisfactorily completes, a municipal police basic\ntraining program for temporary or probationary police officers and is\nawarded a certificate by such director attesting thereto.\n (b) Except as provided in paragraph (b-1) of this subdivision a\ncertificate attesting to satisfactory completion of an approved\nmunicipal police basic training program awarded by the executive\ndirector of the municipal police training council pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall remain valid:\n (i) during the holder's continuous service as a police officer or\npeace officer who has an equivalency certificate for police officer\ntraining or an approved course for state university of New York public\nsafety officers issued in accordance with subdivision three of section\neight hundred forty-one of the executive law, provided that such police\nofficer received training as set forth under subdivision eight of\nsection eight hundred forty of the executive law, consistent with the\nrules and regulations promulgated therein; and\n (ii) for two years after the date of the commencement of an\ninterruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to\nsuch interruption, served as a police officer or peace officer who has\nan equivalency certificate for police officer training or an approved\ncourse for state university of New York public safety officers issued in\naccordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred forty-one of\nthe executive law, for less than two consecutive years; or\n (iii) for four years after the date of the commencement of an\ninterruption in such service where the holder had, immediately prior to\nsuch interruption, served as a police officer or peace officer who has\nan equivalency certificate for police officer training or an approved\ncourse for state university of New York public safety officers issued in\naccordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred forty-one of\nthe executive law, for two consecutive years or longer; or\n (iv) where the holder, whose interruption in continuous service as a\npolice officer does not exceed ten years, has satisfactorily completed\nan approved police officer refresher course or where a peace officer,\nwho seeks an equivalency certificate for police officer training or an\napproved course for state university of New York public safety officers\nissued in accordance with subdivision three of section eight hundred\nforty-one of the executive law, has satisfactorily completed relevant\npolice officer training courses, as prescribed by the municipal police\ntraining council.\n (b-1) A certificate awarded under paragraph (b) of this subdivision\nmay be permanently invalidated upon an officer's removal for cause in\naccordance with subdivisions two and three of section eight hundred\nforty-five of the executive law. An officer whose certificate is\ninvalidated under this paragraph may be ineligible
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