N.Y. General Municipal Law § 209-aa*2: Appointment of private college campus security officers at independent non-profit colleges

* § 209-aa. Appointment of private college campus security officers at

independent non-profit colleges. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision

of law to the contrary, the chief law enforcement officer charged with

oversight of law enforcement throughout a city having a population of

less than one million may appoint as private college campus security

officers security guards employed by an independent non-profit college

upon the request of such independent non-profit college in accordance

with the provisions of section sixty-four hundred thirty-five of the

education law. The chief law enforcement officer may appoint such campus

security officers pursuant to this section only if more than fifty

percent of the total acreage of real property owned by or under the

control of such independent non-profit college is located within such

city and the city council, pursuant to local law or resolution duly

adopted, has authorized such chief law enforcement officer to make

appointments pursuant to this section. Any such security guards

appointed as campus security officers shall be employees of the

independent non-profit college requesting such appointment and shall not

be officers, agents, servants or employees of such chief law enforcement

officer or his city of jurisdiction nor be considered public officers,

agents, servants or employees. Such campus security officers shall only

have the powers set forth in section sixty-four hundred thirty-five of

the education law.

2. The chief law enforcement officer may condition appointment as

private college campus security officers upon compliance by such campus

security officers with written procedures established by such chief law

enforcement officer in order to ensure a coordinated and cooperative law

enforcement effort and the payment of an administrative fee not to

exceed fifty dollars per year per campus security officer and may revoke

such appointments at any time for material non-compliance with the

requirements of such written procedures or section sixty-four hundred

thirty-five of the education law or for any other reason that shall

disqualify a security guard from being a campus security officer

pursuant to the provisions of such section.

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