N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 223: Special police officers

§ 223. Special police officers. For the purpose of preserving order

and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the

trustees or directors of any corporation created under or subject to the

provisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint from time to

time, five or more special police officers, and the same to remove at

pleasure, who, when appointed, shall be peace officers with the same

powers within and about such grounds as are set forth in section 2.20 of

the criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed, shall be to

preserve order within and around the grounds and racetracks of such

corporation, to protect the property within such grounds, to eject or

arrest all persons who shall be improperly within the grounds of such

corporation or who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall

neglect or refuse to pay the fees or to observe the rules prescribed by

such corporation; and it shall be the further duty of such police

officers, when appointed, to prevent all violations of law with

reference to pool-selling, bookmaking and other gambling, and to arrest

any and all persons violating such provisions, and to convey such person

or persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause of such arrest,

before a court having jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with

according to the law. The appointment of police officers in pursuance of

this section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way on the grounds

and racetrack of such corporation the authority of peace officers or

police officers of the jurisdiction within which such grounds and

racetrack are located.