Officers who were hired by the New York City Police Department after October 16, 2021 and have successfully completed the entire NYPD Training program (including both academy-based training and field training) are required to complete a Conversion Course to obtain a certification in the Basic Course for Police Officers.

​

The Conversion Course consists of a minimum of 97 hours of training on topics including Procedural Justice, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Emergency Medical Response and Crash Management.

​

Officers who transfer from NYPD to another agency must arrange to complete this training within one year of the date of transfer.

​

Generally, the Rockland County Police and Public Safety Academy is in a position to offer the Conversion Course twice each year, spread over several months.

​

This change occurred with the passage of the Professional Policing Act of 2021 which repealed Executive Law 840(h) permitting exemptions from GML 209-q for some police.