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.

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 section 2.30 of the

criminal procedure law attesting to his or her satisfactory completion

of the training requirements imposed by section 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 section 400.00 of the penal law.