N.Y. General Municipal Law § 209-v: Employment of retired persons as special patrolmen for publicly owned property

§ 209-v. Employment of retired persons as special patrolmen for

publicly owned property. 1. Notwithstanding any general, local or

special law or charter provision, the governing board of any political

subdivision may authorize any police or law enforcement agency of such

political subdivision to employ retired former members of police or

sheriff's departments, or the division of state police, or retired

former correction, parole or probation officers for the purpose of

providing special patrolmen in publicly owned property within such

political subdivision, including property of a school district, in order

to protect the property or persons on such premises.

2. Persons so employed shall have all the powers of peace officers, as

set forth in section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law, when performing

the duties set forth in subdivision one of this section.

3. The governing board of such political subdivision shall have the

power to fix the compensation of persons so employed, either at annual

or per diem rates. Employments provided for in this section shall be

subject to the provisions of article seven of the retirement and social

security law.