Section 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, upon the  recommendation  and  with  the  general
  advice  of the board, 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.