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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 As a result of major deficiencies and the outdated state of the current facility built in Loudonville in 1957, the State Police initiated relocation plans in January of 2003.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]

Schedule

Sample Schedule

Work schedule: 12 hour tours
3 day pass alternating weekends
60 hour week/24 hour week

Troopers on the road primarily work a 12 hour tour. Typically the shifts are from 7am to 7pm and vice versa. There are flex (staggered) shifts in which troopers may work from 12pm until 12am or 3pm until 3am. The schedule follows a two week pattern and is illustrated in the diagram. A schedule is 28 days in length and during such, a trooper will work 14 days and have 14 days off. As you can see this allows for a ‘3 day weekend’ (Friday, Saturday, Sunday off) every other week. Troopers work 168 hours per schedule.

Troopers occasionally have to work on a scheduled day off for a variety of reasons, including appearances in court and can earn overtime as a result. Troopers receive holiday pay which is included in the base salary and as such are not given special consideration for holidays. Troopers are expected to work their scheduled shift even when it falls on a holiday.

New troopers receive 120 hours of vacation and 24 of hours paid personal leave annually, accumulating up to a maximum of 224 hours of vacation and 40 hours of personal leave, depending on length of service. Paid sick leave accumulates at the rate of 104 hours per year