Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital, the official text

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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
   peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany  Memorial
   Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
   88. SECURITY OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY ALBANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LOCATED AT
 600  NORTHERN  BOULEVARD  IN  THE  CITY  OF  ALBANY; SAMARITAN HOSPITAL,
 LOCATED AT 2215 BURDETT AVENUE IN THE CITY  OF  TROY;  AND  ST.  PETER'S
 HOSPITAL,  LOCATED AT 315 SOUTH MANNING BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF ALBANY,
 WHEN ACTING PURSUANT TO THEIR SPECIAL DUTIES ON THE GROUNDS OR  PREMISES
 OWNED, CONTROLLED OR ADMINISTERED BY SUCH HOSPITAL OR ANY OF ITS SUBSID-
 IARIES,  OR  ON ANY PUBLIC STREET OR SIDEWALK THAT ABUTS THE PROPERTY OF
 SUCH HOSPITAL, SHALL HAVE THE  POWERS  OF  PEACE  OFFICERS  WITHIN  SUCH
 GEOGRAPHIC  AREA  AND BEYOND SUCH AREA UPON THE REQUEST OF THE CHIEF LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT  JURISDICTION  OR  SUCH
 OFFICER'S DESIGNEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS
 BEEN  ARRESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 140.27 OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN NO
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS AVAILABLE TO TRANSPORT SUCH  INDIVIDUAL
 IN  A TIMELY MANNER. SUCH PEACE OFFICERS SHALL HAVE THE POWERS SET FORTH
 IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) AND  (H)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE POWER TO DETAIN AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A
 REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME WHILE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PEACE OFFICER HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, OR PROBABLE CAUSE
 TO  BELIEVE,  THAT  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL HAS COMMITTED AN OFFENSE; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED  TO  AUTHORIZE
 SUCH  OFFICER  TO  CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS
 THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14255-01-5