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	Governor Addresses 88 New State Troopers Albany, NY (June 9, 2009) - Governor David A. Paterson and New York State Police Superintendent Harry J. Corbitt today honored 88 new troopers at ceremonies marking the completion of the 197th Session of the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy. The new troopers will report for field duty on June 23, 2009, and for the following ten weeks will be evaluated under a field-training program supervised by senior Field Training Officers. [read more]


	New Troop G Headquarters Plans Move Forward (Albany, NY - March 13, 2009) - Plans to build a new Troop G Headquarters for the New York State Police continue to move forward. As a result of major deficiencies and the outdated state of the current facility built in Loudonville in 1957, the State Police initiated relocation plans in January of 2003. Legislation authorized the sale of the current Troop G Headquarters property to Siena College in August of 2003, and in June of 2006 the transfer of ownership was executed. State Police anticipate breaking ground for site preparation in June of this year. [read more]

Deferment Information

If you are invited for further processing but can not attend, a deferment may be granted in certain cases. If you can not attend processing, write a letter explaining why you can not attend and request a deferment for a future Academy class processing. Deferments are granted on a case-by-case basis. The deferment request should be mailed to:

Member Hiring Unit
New York State Police
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, N.Y. 12226

Military Candidates

If you are in the military and can not attend due to an activation or deployment, please outline your circumstances in a letter requesting a deferment to the address listed above. Upon return, contact your local recruiter and send a letter to the Trooper Candidate Unit advising that you have returned and are available to continue with the hiring process.

College Credits

If you are invited for further processing but do not have the required number of college credits, you will need to request a deferment. Candidates in consideration for an Academy class are processed approximately 6 months prior to the date the class is to be appointed. The college credit requirement pertains to the date of appointment, not the date of processing. If you do not have enough credits at the time of the processing, but will have them before the Academy class starts, you should attend processing. If there is no way you can obtain the required number of credits in time for the start of the Academy, you should write a letter requesting a deferment to a later class in order to complete college. The deferment request should be mailed to the address listed above.

Deferments are not usually granted for reasons related to not being physically fit and ready for the physical ability test. Injuries will be evaluated on an individual basis.