N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 412: Special police officers

§ 412. Special police officers. 1. For the purpose of preserving order

and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the

officers or directors of any corporation or association created under or

subject to the provisions of this article are hereby authorized to

appoint from time to time, 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 said corporation or association, to protect the property within said

grounds, to eject or arrest all persons who shall be improperly within

the grounds of such corporation or association 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 said corporation or association; and it

shall be the further duty of said 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

magistrate having jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with

according to 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 or association the authority of peace

officers or police officers of the jurisdiction within which such

grounds and racetrack are located.

2. Any appointment of a special police officer under this section,

shall be made only with the approval of the commission. Application for

such approval shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the

commission and shall contain such other information or material or

evidence as the commission shall require. In acting on an application

for such approval the commission shall consider the background,

experience, integrity, and competence of the candidate for appointment,

the public interest, convenience or necessity and the interests of

quarter horse racing generally. The commission in its discretion may set

the term of any such appointment, terminate any existing appointment at

any time and prescribe conditions and rules for the conduct of such

office.