By Joanna Putman
Police1
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — A New York sheriff says that a recent change to state civil service laws has reduced hiring constraints for smaller counties and cities, Mid Hudson News reported.
The change allows departments to hire transfer officers while they are still employed by another department, allowing for easier lateral transfers, according to the report.
“It’s beneficial to take in lateral transfers because the officer is already trained,” Dutchess County Sheriff Kirk Imperati said. “In particular, NYPD officers have extensive training and experience with de-escalation techniques, procedural justice and implicit bias which are the techniques we employ to handle calls for service in Dutchess County today.”
As a result of the change, Dutchess County police departments can hire officers who are currently employed by the NYPD, New York State University Police, NYC Department of Environmental Protection Police and NYS Park Police because officers no longer need to be “reachable” on the county’s civil service list, according to the report.
