N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 30 Special Police Officers of Corporation Operating Signal Systems

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 777
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 30

The police department or board of police of any city may, in addition to the police force now authorized by law, appoint a number of persons, not exceeding two hundred, who may be designated by any corporation operating a system of signaling by telegraph to a central office for police assistance, to act as special patrolmen in connection with such telegraph system. And the persons so appointed shall, in and about such service, have all the powers possessed by the members of the regular force, except as they may be limited by and subject to the supervision and control of the police department or board of police of such city. No person shall be appointed such special policeman who does not possess the qualifications required by such police department or board of police for such special service; and persons so appointed shall be subject, in case of emergency, to do duty as part of the regular police f...