State Police, Division of

Agency Web Site: http://www.troopers.ny.gov/

Mission

The primary mission of the Division of State Police is to promote highway safety and protect the citizens of New York State. The Division’s many responsibilities include patrolling roads and highways outside major urban areas, providing specialty and investigative police services, conducting sophisticated investigations of criminal activities like drug trafficking and child endangerment, and working cooperatively with various levels of law enforcement throughout the State.

Budget Highlights

The Executive Budget recommends $732 million for the Division, an increase of $42.9 million from the prior year. This reflects new funding to implement the recently enacted New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (NY SAFE) Act. A total of $3.2 million and 25 FTEs will support the required recertification of all pistol licenses every five years, new enforcement activities, and school safety improvement teams. Another $32.7 million in capital funding is provided to develop a gun permit database, which will allow the State to identify, on an ongoing basis, any current license holder who has become disqualified from possessing a gun, according to Federal law.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 5,408 FTEs for the Division, and assumes two recruit training classes. The new recruits and critical civilian hires will offset anticipated attrition and grow the overall workforce by 176 FTEs from 2012-13.

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/2013

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