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EXC - Executive
Article 11 - (210 - 230) DIVISION OF STATE POLICE
215 - Organization; salaries; qualifications; appointment; term; rules and regulations.
NY Exec L § 215 (2012) What's This?
§ 215. Organization; salaries; qualifications; appointment; term;
rules and regulations. 1. The New York state police shall, in addition
to the superintendent, consist of the following sworn members:
(a) a headquarters staff consisting of the following positions:
(1) one first deputy superintendent;
(2) one deputy superintendent who shall serve as field commander;
(3) one deputy superintendent in charge of administrative services;
(4) one deputy superintendent in charge of employee relations,
training and human resources;
(5) one deputy superintendent who shall serve as chief inspector in
charge of inspectional services and internal affairs;
(6) one counsel;
(7) seven assistant deputy superintendents, one of whom shall be
assigned to the uniform force, one to the bureau of criminal
investigation, two for administrative services, one for employee
relations, training and human resources, and two who shall serve as
deputy chief inspectors;
(8) one confidential assistant;
(9) one first assistant counsel and such assistant counsels and staff
attorneys as the superintendant may appoint;
(10) such inspectors as the superintendent may appoint;
(11) such majors, one of whom shall be the director of training and
commanding officer of the New York state police academy and one of whom
shall be in charge of the detail assigned for special duty with the
governor, as the superintendent may appoint;
(12) such captains as the superintendent may appoint;
(13) such technical lieutenants as the superintendent may appoint;
(14) one chief technical sergeant;
(15) such staff sergeants and technical sergeants as the
superintendent may appoint from time to time; and
(16) such additional members as the superintendent may deem necessary
for the adequate and proper administration of the New York state police.
(b) in addition to the headquarters staff there shall be not less than
ten troops each composed of:
(1) one major;
(2) not less than seven lieutenants; such lieutenants designated as
captains by the superintendent shall serve as zone commanders;
(3) one first sergeant;
(4) such sergeants as the superintendent may appoint within the sums
appropriated therefor; sergeants designated by the superintendent as
zone sergeants shall serve as assistant zone commanders;
(5) such technical sergeants as the superintendent may appoint from
time to time within the sums appropriated therefor;
(6) such corporals as shall hold office as such; and
(7) such troopers as the superintendent may appoint within the sums
appropriated therefor.
Appointment or assignment to such positions shall be made by the
superintendent who shall also fix the salaries for such positions
subject to the approval of the director of the budget within the sums
appropriated therefor.
The superintendent may appoint to the troops, within the sums
appropriated therefor, as members of the New York state police, such
numbers as may be required to carry out the purposes of the New York
state police, and he may also from time to time, within the sums
appropriated therefor, appoint such other additional personnel as may be
required for all necessary police purposes, including policing and
protecting the lands and parkways of the state.
2. a. Salary schedules for the titles of trooper, sergeant, technical
sergeant, station commander, zone sergeant, first sergeant, staff
sergeant, chief technical sergeant, lieutenant, technical lieutenant,
lieutenant BCI, captain, captain BCI and major:
(1) Effective April first, two thousand seven, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of
state police shall receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Trainee 1 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable $50,374
Trainee 2 $60,820 $61,785 $62,037 $60,639
Step 1 $64,766 $65,732 $65,985 $64,586
Step 2 $68,710 $69,675 $69,929 $68,530
Step 3 $71,072 $72,037 $72,290 $70,891
Step 4 $73,872 $74,837 $75,090 $73,690
Step 5 $76,983 $77,948 $78,201 $76,803
(2) Effective April first, two thousand eight, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of
state police shall receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Trainee 1 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable $50,374
Trainee 2 $62,645 $63,639 $63,898 $62,458
Step 1 $66,709 $67,704 $67,965 $66,524
Step 2 $70,771 $71,765 $72,027 $70,586
Step 3 $73,204 $74,198 $74,459 $73,018
Step 4 $76,088 $77,082 $77,343 $75,901
Step 5 $79,292 $80,286 $80,547 $79,107
(3) Effective April first, two thousand nine, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of
state police shall receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the
following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Trainee 1 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable $50,374
Trainee 2 $64,524 $65,548 $65,815 $64,332
Step 1 $68,710 $69,735 $70,004 $68,520
Step 2 $72,894 $73,918 $74,188 $72,704
Step 3 $75,400 $76,424 $76,693 $75,209
Step 4 $78,371 $79,394 $79,663 $78,178
Step 5 $81,671 $82,695 $82,963 $81,480
(4) Effective April first, two thousand ten, members of the collective
negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of state police
shall receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Trainee 1 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable $50,374
Trainee 2 $67,105 $68,170 $68,448 $66,905
Step 1 $71,458 $72,524 $72,804 $71,261
Step 2 $75,810 $76,875 $77,156 $75,612
Step 3 $78,416 $79,481 $79,761 $78,217
Step 4 $81,506 $82,570 $82,850 $81,305
Step 5 $84,938 $86,003 $86,282 $84,739
(5) Effective April first, two thousand seven, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of commissioned and
non-commissioned officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant $90,677 $91,643 $91,896 $90,498
Station
Commander $93,607 $94,574 $94,826 $93,428
Zone
Sergeant $95,100 $96,064 $96,318 $94,921
First
Sergeant,
Staff
Sergeant and
Chief
Technical
Sergeant $99,993 $100,958 $101,212 $99,813
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant $108,364 $109,328 $109,582 $108,185
Lieutenant
BCI $110,486 $111,450 $111,705 $110,306
Captain $115,567 $116,531 $116,786 $115,387
Captain BCI $117,720 $118,684 $118,938 $117,539
Major $123,141 $124,105 $124,359 $122,960
(6) Effective April first, two thousand eight, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of commissioned and
non-commissioned officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant $93,397 $94,392 $94,653 $93,213
Station
Commander $96,415 $97,411 $97,671 $96,231
Zone
Sergeant $97,953 $98,946 $99,208 $97,769
First
Sergeant,
Staff
Sergeant and
Chief
Technical
Sergeant $102,993 $103,987 $104,248 $102,807
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant $111,615 $112,608 $112,869 $111,431
Lieutenant
BCI $113,801 $114,794 $115,056 $113,615
Captain $119,034 $120,027 $120,290 $118,849
Captain BCI $121,252 $122,245 $122,506 $121,065
Major $126,835 $127,828 $128,090 $126,649
(7) Effective April first, two thousand nine, members of the
collective negotiating unit consisting of commissioned and
non-commissioned officers in the division of state police shall receive
a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant $96,199 $97,224 $97,493 $96,009
Station
Commander $99,307 $100,333 $100,601 $99,118
Zone
Sergeant $100,892 $101,914 $102,184 $100,702
First
Sergeant,
Staff
Sergeant and
Chief
Technical
Sergeant $106,083 $107,107 $107,375 $105,891
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant $114,963 $115,986 $116,255 $114,774
Lieutenant
BCI $117,215 $118,238 $118,508 $117,023
Captain $122,605 $123,628 $123,899 $122,414
Captain BCI $124,890 $125,912 $126,181 $124,697
Major $130,640 $131,663 $131,933 $130,448
(8) Effective April first, two thousand ten, members of the collective
negotiating unit consisting of commissioned and non-commissioned
officers in the division of state police shall receive a basic annual
salary pursuant to the following schedule:
Orange, City of New Nassau and All Other
Putnam and York, Rockland Suffolk Locations
Dutchess and Westchester Counties
Counties Counties
Sergeant and
Technical
Sergeant $100,047 $101,113 $101,393 $99,849
Station
Commander $103,279 $104,346 $104,625 $103,083
Zone
Sergeant $104,928 $105,991 $106,271 $104,730
First
Sergeant,
Staff
Sergeant and
Chief
Technical
Sergeant $110,326 $111,391 $111,670 $110,127
Lieutenant
and
Technical
Lieutenant $119,562 $120,625 $120,905 $119,365
Lieutenant
BCI $121,904 $122,968 $123,248 $121,704
Captain $127,509 $128,573 $128,855 $127,311
Captain BCI $129,886 $130,948 $131,228 $129,685
Major $135,866 $136,930 $137,210 $135,666
b. The salary schedules in subparagraphs one, two, three and four of
paragraph a of this subdivision shall reflect a five-step progression
from the entry level, step 1 salary to the highest level, step 5, for
the position of trooper.
c. The salary schedules in paragraph a of this subdivision reflect the
basic annual salary for employees in those titles listed whose principal
place of employment, or in the case of a field employee, whose official
station as determined in accordance with the regulations of the state
comptroller is located in the locations listed in the salary schedule.
The salary schedules shall not be applicable to those members in the
title of Special Trooper.
2-a. The superintendent may also appoint a division physician who
shall be the medical consultant and chief medical examiner of the New
York state police, and assistant division physicians each of whom shall
be an assistant medical consultant and assistant chief medical examiner
of the New York state police.
3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed
by the superintendent and permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
New York state police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall be
a citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-nine years except that in the superintendent's discretion, the
maximum age may be extended to thirty-five years. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law or any general or special law to the contrary the
time spent on military duty, not exceeding a total of six years, shall
be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed his or her
twenty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of permitting
qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limitations as to
age however shall not apply to persons appointed to the positions of
counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and assistant
deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person appointed
to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section two hundred
sixteen of this article nor shall any person be appointed unless he or
she has fitness and good moral character and shall have passed a
physical and mental examination based upon standards provided by the
rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall be made
for a probationary period which, in the case of appointees required to
attend and complete a basic training program at the state police
academy, shall include such time spent attending the basic school and
terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other sworn
members shall be subject to a probationary period of one year from the
date of appointment. Following satisfactory completion of the
probationary period the member shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary
resignation or withdrawal from the New York state police during such
appointment shall be submitted to the superintendent for approval.
Reasonable time shall be required to account for all equipment issued or
for debts or obligations to the state to be satisfied. Resignation or
withdrawal from the division during a time of emergency, so declared by
the governor, shall not be approved if contrary to the best interest of
the state and shall be a misdemeanor. No sworn member removed from the
New York state police shall be eligible for reappointment. The
superintendent shall make rules and regulations subject to approval by
the governor for the discipline and control of the New York state police
and for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointment
as members thereto and such examinations shall be held and conducted by
the superintendent subject to such rules and regulations. The
superintendent is authorized to charge a fee of twenty dollars as an
application fee for any person applying to take a competitive
examination for the position of trooper, and a fee of five dollars for
any competitive examination for a civilian position. The superintendent
shall promulgate regulations subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, to provide for a waiver of the application fee when the fee
would cause an unreasonable hardship on the applicant and to establish a
fee schedule and charge fees for the use of state police facilities.
3-a. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the superintendent shall promulgate rules and regulations
subject to approval by the governor for the administration of
supplemental competitive examinations, to be given at not less than six
month intervals for two years following the application deadline date of
the regular competitive examination for the position of trooper, for
individuals who, on the application deadline date or on the date of the
regular competitive examination, are in the active military service and
are otherwise qualified to sit for such exam.
4. The comptroller is hereby authorized to deduct from the salary of
any member of the New York state police or any employee of the New York
state police who holds life or group insurance under any salary savings
plan of the insurer such amounts, for payment of the premium thereon, as
such member or employee may specify in writing filed with the
comptroller, and to transmit to the insurer the sums so deducted. Any
such written authorization may be withdrawn by such member or employee
at any time upon filing written notice of such withdrawal with the
comptroller. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
subdivision, the employee organization certified, pursuant to article
fourteen of the civil service law, to represent the collective
negotiating unit consisting of troopers in the division of state police
shall have exclusive payroll deduction of membership dues and premiums
for insurance and mass-merchandized automobile and homeowners' insurance
policies for members of such collective negotiating unit and the
employee organization certified to represent the collective negotiating
unit consisting of commissioned and non-commissioned officers and the
employee organization certified to represent the collective negotiating
unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators and investigative
specialists in the division of state police shall have exclusive payroll
deduction of premiums for insurance programs for members of such
collective negotiating unit for which it is so certified. Payroll
deductions for such dues and premiums for members of such collective
negotiating units shall not be authorized for any other employee
organization or group except by express written approval of such
appropriate certified employee organization.
5. Whenever the superintendent finds that under community wage
practices in private or other public employment in one or more areas or
locations in the state, wage rates of police officers in a given
location are substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state,
he or she may, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, authorize a pay differential to be added as an adjustment to the established salary rates for the same or related occupations in the state police in such areas or locations. A pay differential under this subdivision shall be a percentage or a fixed dollar amount as prescribed in each case by the superintendent subject to the approval of the director of the budget. Such differentials shall be in addition to and shall not be part of a member's basic annual salary, and shall not affect or impair any performance advancement payments, performance awards, longevity payments or other rights or benefits to which a member may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter, provided, however, that any differential payable pursuant to this subdivision shall be included as compensation for retirement purposes. A pay differential shall be terminated for any member when he or she ceases to be employed in the position, or area or location for which such pay differential was authorized. A pay differential shall remain in effect until terminated by the superintendent, with the consent of the director of the budget or until a new pay differential is authorized pursuant to this subdivision. The director of the budget may adopt such regulations as he or she may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
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