Officers who were hired by the New York City Police Department after October 16, 2021 and have successfully completed the entire NYPD Training program (including both academy-based training and field training) are required to complete a Conversion Course to obtain a certification in the Basic Course for Police Officers that is valid state-wide.

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The Conversion Course consists of a minimum of 97 hours of training on topics including Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Emergency Medical Service Response, and Crash Management.​  There is no state requirement for Supervised Field Training after completion of an NYPD Conversion.

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Generally, the Rockland County Police and Public Safety Academy offers the blocks that make up the Conversion Course twice each year on the following schedule:

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- SFST is usually offered in December and June.

- EMS is usually offered in March and September.

- Crash Management is usually offered in April and November.

- There are some other classes within the NYPD Conversion Course that are offered on a more flexible schedule.

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An agency may choose whatever combination of blocks works best for their schedule as long as all the blocks are all complete within one year of the officer's transfer date.

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This change occurred with the passage of the Professional Policing Act of 2021 which repealed Executive Law 840(h) permitting exemptions from GML 209-q for some police.