N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 30: Special police officers of corporation operating signal systems

§ 30. Special police officers of corporation operating signal systems.

The police department or board of police of any city may, in addition to

the police force now authorized by law, appoint a number of persons, not

exceeding two hundred, who may be designated by any corporation

operating a system of signaling by telegraph to a central office for

police assistance, to act as special patrol officer in connection with

such telegraph system. And the persons so appointed shall, in and about

such service, have all the powers possessed by the members of the

regular force, except as they may be limited by and subject to the

supervision and control of the police department or board of police of

such city. No person shall be appointed such special police officer who

does not possess the qualifications required by such police department

or board of police for such special service; and persons so appointed

shall be subject, in case of emergency, to do duty as part of the

regular police force of the city. The police department or board of

police shall have power to revoke any such appointment at any time, and

every person appointed shall wear a badge and uniform, to be furnished

by such corporation and approved by the police department or board of

police; such uniform shall be designated at the time of the first

appointment and shall be the permanent uniform to be worn by such

special police, and the pay of such special patrol officer and all

expenses connected with their service shall be wholly paid by such

corporation, and no expense or liability shall at any time be incurred

or paid by the police department or board of police of any city, for or

by reason of the services of such persons so appointed.