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a. Every member of the force shall have issued to him or her by the department, a proper warrant of appointment, signed by the commissioner and chief clerk or first deputy clerk of the department or of the commissioner, which warrant shall contain the date of appointment and rank.
b. Each member of the force shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take an oath of office and subscribe the same before any officer of the department who is empowered to administer an oath.
a. There shall be paid a minimum of three thousand dollars to all police officers of the first grade.
b. Such pay or compensation shall be paid bi-weekly to each person entitled thereto, subject to such deductions for or on account of lost time, sickness, disability, absence, fines or forfeitures, as the commissioner may by rules and regulations, from time to time, prescribe or adopt.
c. When a first grade police officer of the New York city police department shall have served in the rank of police officer for a period of twenty-five years, such officer shall have the same rights in respect to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York city police pension fund as a police officer designated to act as detective of the third grade who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating two years at the highest salary rate for a detective of the third grade.
d. When a first grade police officer of the New York city police department shall have served in the rank of police officer for a period of thirty years, such officer shall have the same rights in respect to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York city police pension fund as a sergeant who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating two years at the highest salary rate for a sergeant.
(Am. 2024 N.Y. Laws Ch. 55, 4/20/2024, eff. 4/20/2024)
a. Any member of the police force in the department who prior to his or her appointment or employment as such, has served or shall have served, as a member of the uniformed force of the fire department, after appointment therein pursuant to the rules of the commissioner of citywide administrative services and the provisions of law applicable thereto, shall have the time served by him or her in such fire department counted as service in the department in determining his or her compensation, promotion, retirement and pension in such department as herein or otherwise provided, upon condition that he or she shall contribute to the police relief or pension fund a sum equal to the amount which he or she would have been required to contribute had the time served in the fire department been served in the department.
b. Within one year after the police pension fund shall request a transfer of reserves with respect to any such person who becomes a member of the police pension fund on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, who performed such prior service in the uniformed force of the fire department, and who has qualified for benefits under this section, the fire department pension fund shall transfer to the contingent reserve fund of the police pension fund the reserve on the benefits of such member which is based on the contributions made by the employer (including the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay). Such reserve shall be determined by the actuary of the fire department pension fund in the same manner as provided in section forty-three of the retirement and social security law. No such transfer of reserves pursuant to this subdivision shall be made with respect to any person who became a member of the police force in the department prior to July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.
The time served by a member of the uniformed force of the department, who was appointed pursuant to the rules of the commissioner of citywide administrative services and the provisions of law applicable thereto and thereafter resigned after serving as such, to accept a position in the fire department and is thereafter restored to his or her former position as a member of the department, in accordance with the rules of such commissioner and the provisions of law applicable thereto, in both departments, shall be included and counted as service in the department, in determining his or her compensation, promotion, retirement and pension as herein or otherwise provided. Any such person shall be entitled to participate in the benefits of the police pension fund if he or she shall have contributed to such pension fund a sum equal to that which he or she would have been required to contribute had he or she remained a member of the uniformed force of the department from the date of his or her entry into the service of the department.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.
a. Promotions of officers and members of the force shall be made by the commissioner, as provided in section eight hundred seventeen of the charter, on the basis of seniority, meritorious service and superior capacity, as shown by competitive examination, but a detail to act as inspector, or to service in the detective bureau, as hereinafter provided, shall not be deemed a promotion. Individual acts of personal bravery or honorable service in the United States army, navy, marine corps or army nurse corps in times of war may be treated as an element of meritorious service in such examination, the relative rating therefor to be fixed by the commissioner of citywide administrative services. The police commissioner shall transmit to the commissioner of citywide administrative services in advance of such examination the complete record of each candidate for promotion.
b. Sergeants shall be selected from among police officers of the first grade. Lieutenants shall be selected from among sergeants who shall have served at least one year continuously as such. Captains shall be selected from among lieutenants who shall have served at least one year as lieutenants.
c. The commissioner shall, in the exercise of his or her discretion, from time to time, detail nineteen captains and so many others as the mayor may authorize upon the recommendation of the commissioner to act as inspectors, with the title, while so acting, of inspectors of police and at his or her pleasure may revoke any or all such details. While so detailed, such officers shall receive a salary to be fixed by the mayor, in addition to the amount of salary which regularly attaches to the office of captain. When a captain shall have acted under regular detail in any capacity above the rank of captain, during a period or periods aggregating two years, such officer, upon becoming eligible therefor, shall be entitled to a pension of not less than one-half of the salary received by him or her per year. When the commissioner, however, designates a captain to act in the place of a captain under regular detail as inspector, during the temporary absence or disability of the latter the officer so designated shall not be entitled to any additional salary, and the period of such designation shall not be counted in his or her favor in computing such two-year period. When a captain shall have served in the rank of captain for a period of fifteen years, he or she shall have the same rights in respect to the police pension fund as a captain detailed to act as deputy chief who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating two years. A captain who shall have served as such less than fifteen years and more than ten years shall have the same rights in respect to the police pension fund as a captain detailed to act as inspector who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating two years. A captain who shall have served as such less than ten years and more than five years shall have the same rights in respect to such police pension fund as a captain detailed to act as a deputy inspector who shall have served as such for a period of time aggregating two years. A period beginning March thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-five, and ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-six, during which a captain shall have served as a provisional captain immediately prior to a permanent promotion to such rank shall be deemed to have been service as a permanent captain for the purposes of this section. A captain, while detailed to act as inspector, shall be chargeable with and responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the force under his or her command.
(2015 N.Y. Laws Ch. 552, 12/11/2015, eff. 12/11/2015)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.
a. The commissioner shall have power, in his or her discretion, on conviction by the commissioner, or by any court or officer of competent jurisdiction, of a member of the force of any criminal offense, or neglect of duty, violation of rules, or neglect or disobedience of orders, or absence without leave, or any conduct injurious to the public peace or welfare, or immoral conduct or conduct unbecoming an officer, or any breach of discipline, to punish the offending party by reprimand, forfeiting and withholding pay for a specified time, suspension, without pay during such suspension, or by dismissal from the force; but no more than thirty days' salary shall be forfeited or deducted for any offense. All such forfeitures shall be paid forthwith into the police pension fund.
b. Members of the force, except as elsewhere provided herein, shall be fined, reprimanded, removed, suspended or dismissed from the force only on written charges made or preferred against them, after such charges have been examined, heard and investigated by the commissioner or one of his or her deputies upon such reasonable notice to the member or members charged, and in such manner or procedure, practice, examination and investigation as such commissioner may, by rules and regulations, from time to time prescribe.
c. The commissioner is also authorized and empowered in his or her discretion, to deduct and withhold salary from any member or members of the force, for or on account of absence for any cause without leave, lost time, sickness or other disability, physical or mental; provided, however, that the salary so deducted and withheld shall not, except in case of absence without leave, exceed one-half thereof for the period of such absence; and provided, further, that not more than one-half pay for three days shall be deducted on account of absence caused by sickness.
d. Upon having found a member of the force guilty of the charges preferred against him or her, either upon such member's plea of guilty or after trial, the commissioner or the deputy examining, hearing and investigating the charges, in his or her discretion, may suspend judgment and place the member of the force so found guilty upon probation, for a period not exceeding one year; and the commissioner may impose punishment at any time during such period.
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