N.Y. Village Law § 8-800: Police departments

§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by

resolution, establish a police department in such village and appoint a

chief of police and such personnel as may be needed, and fix their

compensation. The board of trustees may abolish a police department

established pursuant to this section by local law, subject to permissive

referendum, and the department shall be deemed abolished as presented in

such proposition. The board of trustees of a village, upon establishing

or abolishing a police department, shall notify the commissioner of the

division of criminal justice services of such action within thirty days

thereafter.