§ 89-sss. Training requirements; waiver or exemption. 1. Every armored
car guard, other than a police officer, employed by an armored car
carrier shall be required to satisfactorily complete a qualified
firearms training course. Such course shall include appropriate range
instruction by a qualified firearms instructor, and range qualification
with each type and caliber of firearm he or she will have access to
while on duty.

2. Such course shall be given and administered by armored car carriers
or their designees. Every armored car carrier shall maintain a record of
and certify to the secretary, in writing, the satisfactory completion of
such course by any armored car guard.

3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit an armored car
carrier from voluntarily providing training programs and courses which
exceed the minimum requirements provided by this section.

4. The commissioner shall waive the training requirements specified in
subdivision one of this section, with respect to applicants employed by
armored car carriers, if the applicant provides appropriate
documentation to demonstrate that he or she was or is subject to
training requirements which meet or exceed the requirements established
pursuant to such subdivision.

5. An armored car guard who has been or was previously employed as a
peace officer for eighteen months or more who exhibits a valid
certificate awarded pursuant to subdivision six of section 2.30 of the
criminal procedure law attesting to his or her satisfactory completion
of the training requirements imposed by section 2.30 of the criminal
procedure law, shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision one
of this section, provided that such peace officer has completed a course
of firearms training recognized by the division. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such guard to carry, possess,
repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor
has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.