N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-GGG-1

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Authority police force

Official statutory text

§ 2799-ggg-1. Authority police force. The authority is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to provide and maintain an authority police\ndepartment and a uniformed authority police force. Each member of such\nuniformed police force shall be a "police officer" as that term is\ndefined in paragraph (e) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of\nthe criminal procedure law, with all of the powers of such police\nofficers thereunder and subject to the same jurisdictional provisions on\nthe exercise of that power as set forth in such law. The geographical\narea of employment of such police officers for the purposes of the\ncriminal procedure law shall be limited to the buildings and grounds of\nthe authority. Such department and force shall have the power, in and\nabout any or all of the facilities owned, occupied and/or operated by\nthe authority, to enforce and prevent violation of all laws. Nothing\nherein shall confer upon the authority police force or upon their\ncollective negotiations representatives exclusive jurisdiction or claim\nover the exercise of police power or security work on behalf of the\nauthority. Nothing herein shall limit the authority from continuing to\nrely on local police for police services. However, traditional police\nfunctions previously performed by the city of Syracuse police department\nshall continue to be performed by the authority police force.\n

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