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- Referred to finance
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of the police cadet corps program
Purpose
To create a police cadet corps program at John Jay College in New York City. The program will be designed to accommodate 500 student-cadets in its first year, and 1,000 student-cadets in its second year and beyond.
Summary of provisions
Amends the Executive Law to add a new section 837-s entitled "Police Cadet Corps Program," which directs the Commissioner of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction and consultation with the CUNY Chancellor, to create a police cadet corps program to be located at John Jay College within the City University of New York.
Justification
The goal of the CUNY Police Cadet Corps Program is to recruit, on an annual basis, 1,000 qualified and trained cadets for police service. The program, which existed as a pilot program from 1993 to 1997, combines formal education and training with hands-on NYPD internships. Persons who graduated from the program were well equipped to serve as police officers.
Since most CUNY students live in New York City, the program offers an excellent opportunity for the NYPD to recruit and hire city residents without resorting to residency requirements or other exclusionary means. Further, CUNY students reflect the ethnic and gender distribution of the city's population. The pilot cadet program conducted by CUNY from 1993 to 1997 produced 213 police officers, 65% of whom were minorities and 32% female. It is expected that this program will have similar results. The CUNY Police Cadet Corps Program is designed to prepare candidates for the complexities of modern police work in an ethnically diverse community. The program combines college education, specialized coursework in law enforcement, skill-development training, and supervised public safety internships.
Through the extensive use of supervised internships, the program would provide the Police Department with an excellent opportunity to assess the capabilities and judge the character of candidates for police service.
Legislative history
2003-04: S.642 - Referred to Finance. 2001-02: S.4079 - Referred to Finance. 1999-00: S.7245 - Referred to Finance.
Fiscal implications
Approximately $4 million will cover the enrollment of 1,000 cadets. This will be paid for through existing DCJS resources.
Effective date
Immediately.
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