State training requirements
New York Peace Officer Training Requirements
Who governs peace officer standards in New York, the annual in-service requirement, the mandated topics for de-escalation and crisis response, and who decides what counts for in-service credit.
Verified as of July 10, 2026
Who governs
Peace officer standards and training in New York are set by the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), Municipal Police Training Council.
Annual in-service requirement
New York has no single statewide statutory annual in-service hour mandate universally fixed for all police. The Division of Criminal Justice Services and Municipal Police Training Council standards, together with agency annual training plans, govern. Agency training plans include a minimum of 21 hours of annual in-service, at minimum covering firearms (actual range training), legal updates, and use of force or deadly force. This 21-hour figure is an agency-training-plan practice, not a statutory requirement. The New York City Police Department trains separately.
Mandated topics relevant to CodeBlu
Use of force and deadly force
Use of force and deadly force is a required element of the 21-hour agency training plan and recurs in in-service.
Crisis intervention and de-escalation
Crisis intervention and de-escalation are Basic Course for Police Officers content; their recurring in-service status is set by agency plans and the Municipal Police Training Council. DCJS offers a 40-hour crisis intervention team course that is attendance-based, not a universal recurring mandate.
Who decides in-service credit
Hybrid
DCJS and the Municipal Police Training Council set curriculum standards and must approve instructors for Municipal Police Training Council courses, and firearms and mental-health topics need advanced instructor certification. Courses are certified by DCJS, while the annual training plan is developed and implemented at the agency level. The New York City Police Department trains separately.
What this means for training like CodeBlu
New York uses a mix of central approval and agency discretion for in-service credit. Where the decision rests with the agency, a department can decide whether training like CodeBlu counts toward its in-service hours; where a topic is centrally certified, the formal path runs through Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), Municipal Police Training Council. Either way, this is not a determination of eligibility: CodeBlu does not certify hours or grant credit, and agency policy, the state's process, and legal counsel govern.
Primary sources
- POST-equivalent siteDCJS Office of Public Safety training (official site)
- POST-equivalent siteDCJS Basic Course for Police Officers
- POST-equivalent siteDCJS police registry and training requirements
Verified as of July 10, 2026. This page is reviewed on an annual cadence, and the date is bumped only on re-verification against the primary sources above.
Frequently asked questions
- Who sets peace officer training requirements in New York?
- Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), Municipal Police Training Council sets peace officer standards and training requirements in New York.
- How many annual in-service training hours does New York require?
- New York has no single statewide statutory annual in-service hour mandate universally fixed for all police. The Division of Criminal Justice Services and Municipal Police Training Council standards, together with agency annual training plans, govern. Agency training plans include a minimum of 21 hours of annual in-service, at minimum covering firearms (actual range training), legal updates, and use of force or deadly force. This 21-hour figure is an agency-training-plan practice, not a statutory requirement. The New York City Police Department trains separately.
- Who decides what training counts for in-service credit in New York?
- DCJS and the Municipal Police Training Council set curriculum standards and must approve instructors for Municipal Police Training Council courses, and firearms and mental-health topics need advanced instructor certification. Courses are certified by DCJS, while the annual training plan is developed and implemented at the agency level. The New York City Police Department trains separately.