{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-village-law-8-800","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Village Law § 8-800","heading":"Police departments","body":"§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by\nresolution, establish a police department in such village and appoint a\nchief of police and such personnel as may be needed, and fix their\ncompensation.  The board of trustees may abolish a police department\nestablished pursuant to this section by local law, subject to permissive\nreferendum, and the department shall be deemed abolished as presented in\nsuch proposition. The board of trustees of a village, upon establishing\nor abolishing a police department, shall notify the commissioner of the\ndivision of criminal justice services of such action within thirty days\nthereafter.","path":["Village Law","Article 8. Police Department"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VIL/8-800","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"4bc115c39e261097bad805d5215944b89cef53911e99f3e46e0f92bf48a340af","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-village-law-7-742","next":"us-ny/n.y.-village-law-8-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}