N.Y. General Business Law 89-SSS – Training requirements; waiver or exemption
§ 89-sss. Training requirements; waiver or exemption. 1. Every armored car guard, other than a police officer, employed by an armored car carrier shall be required to satisfactorily complete a qualified firearms training course. Such course shall include appropriate range instruction by a qualified firearms instructor, and range qualification with each type and caliber of firearm he or she will have access to while on duty.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 89-SSS
- Applicant: means an individual who has filed an application with the department for a registration card. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Armored car carrier: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision six of section eighty-nine-bbb of this chapter. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Armored car guard: means an individual employed by an armored car carrier to provide armored car services and who carries a firearm or is authorized by the employer to access a firearm when providing armored car services, and who holds a conditional letter of authority or a valid registration card issued by the department pursuant to the provisions of this article. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Division: means the division of criminal justice services. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Peace officer: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision thirty-three of § 1. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Police officer: has the meaning ascribed to that term by subdivision thirty-four of § 1. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Qualified firearms instructor: means an individual who holds a certificate as a firearms instructor from an association or organization recognized by the division. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Qualified firearms training course: means a minimum forty-seven hour firearms training course for armored car guards that is specific and germane to the armored car carrier industry, recognized by the division in consultation with the armored car carrier industry. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
- Secretary: means the secretary of state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-PPP
2. Such course shall be given and administered by armored car carriers or their designees. Every armored car carrier shall maintain a record of and certify to the secretary, in writing, the satisfactory completion of such course by any armored car guard.
3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit an armored car carrier from voluntarily providing training programs and courses which exceed the minimum requirements provided by this section.
4. The commissioner shall waive the training requirements specified in subdivision one of this section, with respect to applicants employed by armored car carriers, if the applicant provides appropriate documentation to demonstrate that he or she was or is subject to training requirements which meet or exceed the requirements established pursuant to such subdivision.
5. An armored car guard who has been or was previously employed as a peace officer for eighteen months or more who exhibits a valid certificate awarded pursuant to subdivision six of § 2.30 of the criminal procedure law attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of the training requirements imposed by § 2.30 of the criminal procedure law, shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision one of this section, provided that such peace officer has completed a course of firearms training recognized by the division. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such guard to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to § 400.00 of the penal law.