N.Y. Exec. Law § 845

§ 845. Central state registry of police officers and peace officers.\n1. The division shall collect information to maintain, on a current\nbasis, a registry of all police officers and peace officers in the\nstate. Such registry shall contain, with respect to each officer, his or\nher name, date of birth, social security number, rank or title,\nemployer, and date of successful completion of training required by\nsection 2.30 of the criminal procedure law and section two hundred\nnine-q of the general municipal law.\n 2. Each head of a state or local agency, unit of local government,\nstate or local commission, public authority or other organization which\nemploys police officers or peace officers shall transmit to the\ndivision, no later than the fifteenth day of January annually, and in a\nform and manner prescribed by the division, a list containing the name\nof every police officer or peace officer employed by his or her agency,\ngovernment, commission, authority or organization indicating with\nrespect to each officer his or her date of birth, social security\nnumber, rank or title, employer, and whether he is employed full-time or\npart-time. In addition to such annual list, each such head, whenever\nofficers have been newly appointed or have ceased to serve, shall\nimmediately transmit to the division, in a form and manner prescribed by\nthe division, a list containing the names of such officers which, in the\ninstance of new appointees, shall include all the information required\nto be furnished in the annual listing.\n 3. The division shall establish rules and regulations to provide for a\npermanent system of identification for each police and peace officer,\nwhich shall include procedures for updating the registry upon an\nofficer's failure to complete required training within the time\nlimitations established in law or regulation.\n 4. Upon the failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of\nsubdivision two of this section, the commissioner may apply to the\nsupreme court for an order directed to the person responsible requiring\ncompliance. Upon such application the court may issue such order as may\nbe just, and a failure to comply with the order of the court shall be a\ncontempt of court and punishable as such.\n 5. The division shall cooperate with the division of state police in\nmaking the information in the central registry of police and peace\nofficers available for the purpose of verifying transactions involving\nfirearms.\n