N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 504: Policing off-track betting

§ 504. Policing off-track betting. 1. For the purpose of preserving

order and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling and

the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred

twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the officers or

directors of each corporation 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

within any office of a corporation and within five hundred feet

therefrom be vested with the powers of peace officers, as set forth in

section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed,

shall be to preserve order within and around the offices of said

corporation, to protect the property within, to eject or arrest all

persons who shall be improperly within the office of such corporation or

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

refuse to observe the rules prescribed by said corporation; 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 all violations of the rules and regulations

promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-two through seven

hundred five of this chapter having the force of law 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 special police officers in

pursuance of this section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way

the authority of peace officers or police officers of the jurisdiction

within which the offices of the corporation 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 requires. 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 legalized

wagering 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.