Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Highland Hospital, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7345--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON, HEVESI, CLARK -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
   peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Highland
   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. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY FORCE  EMPLOYED  BY  HIGHLAND
 HOSPITAL, WITHIN THE GROUNDS OR PREMISES OWNED OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION,
 ADMINISTRATION,  OR CONTROL OF HIGHLAND HOSPITAL LOCATED ON THE CAMPUSES
 AND AT THE FACILITIES OF HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, SHALL  HAVE  THE  POWERS  OF
 PEACE  OFFICERS, AND BEYOND SUCH GEOGRAPHIC AREA UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
 CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT  JURISDICTION
 OR  SUCH  CHIEF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S DESIGNEE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 TRANSPORTING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS  BEEN  ARRESTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SECTION  140.27 OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHERE NO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
 CER IS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTING SUCH INDIVIDUAL IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER.
 SUCH PEACE OFFICERS SHALL ONLY HAVE THE POWERS LISTED 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.
                                                            LBD11109-02-5