New York State Police

[Buffalo_17]

Hope the Parks Police merge if true, won’t affect those of us waiting for the next academy class. This is a bummer

[Coderedpl]

GRNeye The NYS Police website itself says they processed through 11,500

Hoping they do at least one more processing weekend and that the merger won't complicate anything.

[GRNeye]

agreed - I'm hopeful the merger won't complicate things! I'm hoping the abbreviated training for Park Police will be held at a different location other than the current state trooper training academy in Albany - that way there won't be a hold up on upcoming classes for individuals that took the test, processed, have a rank, and are waiting to get in!

[C_Dona89]

I don’t think this will have much of an effect on us because the state is hurting for troopers badly that 270 doesn’t even make a dent in what they need. Also they still have to go through a whole processing which includes the PPT, Psych, background, poly and medical. You also have to think about the amount of park police officers that will nit try and switch over to troopers because they are ready to retire or have to much time in and probably aren’t in the shape they once were.

[Homeland17]

If its a merge they don't usually require a whole new processing. They're already Police Officers and are already a state agency. When things like this happen they're usually Absorbed, not reprocessed.

[Riv202]

Any possible assumptions on when the next medical would be for the upcoming academy

[far1993]

I believe the last medical for the September class was in July, so if it follows that trend the next one should be sometime in February

[pa/ny321]

According to the website it says they are up to 11,500. Do we see them getting up to the 14,000s off the 2017 exam?

[Coleguy7]

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...ger-1.39501324 That's a new article based on the merger I found. Very interesting read.

[USMC_JEFFO]

Hello everyone. Does anyone know if they what tattoo waivers? I have a small tattoo (2" x 2") on my left forearm close to my elbow. I am currently doing the laser removal treatment but it is going to take a long time.

[dutchessNY89]

No tats below short sleeve line. Gotta get it removed unfortunately. I work with a guy who had his lasered off on his forearm. Said it hurt like hell.

[jaguarshark]

No tattoo waivers. Many good candidates are DQed for tats, they do not care.

[EOW-#3814]

Jeff,

unfortunately NYSP has a strict policy for tattoos. In uniform, whether it's the formal one or not, tattoos cannot be visible pass the short sleeve line, or shorts. This is the reference they use, and applicants and sworn members are held accountable for this policy/standard.

NYSP request applicants to remove any visible tattoos that fail to meet the standard, if they wish to continue the hiring process. I dont agree with this policy, but the union has failed to address this outdated policy or even make changes to allow waivers for Military members, in my opinion.

If you have any questions feel free to send me a message.

[USMC_JEFFO]

dutchessNY89 Thank you for your reply. Yes it does hurt more than getting a tattoo. Do you know how many laser removal sessions he did? I am on my 3rd session.

[dutchessNY89]

Anytime! I'll see him tomorrow to ask. His was similar in size to yours so it should be comparable. Some guys I've heard had LARGE pieces removed. Damn I give them credit. But the job is worth it.

[EOW-#3814]

I dont agree with your comment about the job being "worth it" to remove tattoos (Ink, art, etc). Im not gonna go into it in order to save myself the headache.

In my opinion, it is a very outdated policy and standard, it does not take away from professionalism, or the quality of service a LEO could provide a citizen.

In fact, in most police to citizen interactions, it can be very helpful in many ways.

Example, I know many officers from other agencies ive personally worked with, utilize their tattoos actually to obtain information or something very important as to de-escalating a bad situation.

[C_Dona89]

jaguarshark I don’t think it’s a year for them to grade the test we took the test in October of 2017 and had out results by may 2018 and they did the first process in June of 2018 so it was about 7 months

[Squez818]

That’s true but from the date I took the test it took almost 2 full years from the test to the first day of the academy, one month shy of 2 years. And I had a really low rank number.

[JohnConnor26]

I placed in the 1,500's off the 2017 exam with a score of 98.xx and had to defer due to a medical reason. I received medical clearance from my doctor and am ready to send the documentation. Do I still have a chance of landing in an academy or is it too late?

[845Trooper]

You still have a chance. Send the documentation in! Ya never never know what could happen . Good luck .

[Coleguy7]

Background Update is completed, second polygraph completed and passed, now its just the wait game again! If it helps to ease anyones mind, the trooper that did my Polygraph let me know that the budget for this upcoming class is in good standing and will most likely move forward when the time comes! Let's hope thats true. Good luck everyone!

[far1993]

Coleguy7 Just out of curiosity, what causes a need to go through a second polygraph? Does the first one expire after a certain time?

[Buffalo_17]

That sounds like good news for an upcoming class. Just curious, why did you have to go through a second polygraph for your background update?

[Coleguy7]

far1993 yeah it expires after a year which I did not know and they don't tell you.

[Coleguy7]

Buffalo_17 It expired so I had to pretty much re do everything.

[nycnyspolice]

Hello i am currently list #70xx and finished the background and polygraph early July 2019. I have since not heard much but I am aware there will be another class going in by the spring.
Is the 7k a possible number that might be reached this upcoming class. If not would I have to expect to go through a whole new background and polygraph process?
Thank You for everybody's time.

[far1993]

nycnyspolice last estimate that I’m aware of for this upcoming April class was expected to reach 6100. It’s unknown to me if that’s changed but 70xx seems unlikely for the upcoming class to my knowledge. You will likely have to do a background update which is just your Investigator reaching out for any updates to your background since the initial investigation. As far as re doing the polygraph - it’s unknown to me but I know another user informed me that their polygraph expired after 1 year, so you may have to retake that.

[my93rx7tt]

Anyone hear anything new? Another processing weekend?

[845Trooper]

Last year around this time they sent out emails on the 17th for processing in early March! So let’s hope we hear something this week about the next processing.

[Coleguy7]

Nope, nothing new yet. Unfortunately this is another time of a long pause wait until Emails/letters/Packets are sent out for any other steps in the process. I'll update if I hear anything, but I think it will be a while.

[Bryguyny94]

If there were to be an academy this coming April/May, how soon do you think the medical would be?

[Aesp24]

If there is a upcoming class I think the physical would be the last week of February or first week of March. Someone on here said the graduation date for the current class is March 19, and last physical was about two weeks before graduation.

[845Trooper]

Agreed! So I’m assuming this week or next week we should be getting the email telling us about the next processing.