QUESTION
Why does the budget allocate 122 training academy staff, including 110 officers, at a cost of $13 million?
2:56:23
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The budget allocates 122 training academy staff, including 110 officers, at a cost of $13 million to provide ongoing training to all 6000 uniform staff members, not just recruits.
- The academy staff conducts both initial recruit training and in-service training.
- These trainings are for both uniform and nonuniform staff across the Department of Correction (DOC).
- Training includes ongoing certifications for compliance and professional development to equip staff with necessary leadership skills.
- This comprehensive training program supports the department's objective of achieving desired outcomes.
Sandy Nurse
2:56:23
Given the relatively small size of recent economy classes, why does the budget allocate a 122 training academy staff, including a 110 officers at a cost of 13,000,000.
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
2:56:42
So understanding that, yes, there are small classes, but we continue to train year over year.
2:56:48
There's the academy staff.
2:56:49
They're training.
2:56:50
They're providing in service training to all of our 6000 uniform staff members, and it's not just limited to recruit training.
2:57:00
We have our acting deputy commissioner Jeremiah Johnson, he's here with us, and he can actually walk you through some of the work that they've been doing at the economy.
2:57:09
Doctor Johnson,
Jeremiah Johnson
2:57:18
Good afternoon.
2:57:19
Thank you for your question.
2:57:21
At the training and development division, we do have a staff that's reflective of the numbers that you provided.
2:57:27
Our staff are actively providing both initial recruit training, which commenced yesterday.
2:57:34
At the NYPD Academy.
2:57:35
And we are also conducting ongoing in service trainings across DOC for both uniform and nonuniform staff.
2:57:45
This includes trainings that involve ongoing certifications, for compliance purposes, but there also is a professional development aspect to many of our offerings at the academy to ensure that our members of service are equipped with the leadership skills necessary to produce the outcomes that we wanna see at the Department of Corrections.
2:58:11
Okay.
Sandy Nurse
2:58:11
Understood.
