Bill Text: NY S08714 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Rochester Regional Health or its subsidiaries, on or adjacent to the grounds, buildings or property owned, controlled, or administered by Rochester Regional Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-06-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A362A [S08714 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8714

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 4, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
          peace  officer status to certain security officers employed by Roches-
          ter Regional Health or its subsidiaries

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 86 to read as follows:
     3    86. Officers and members of the security force employed  by  Rochester
     4  Regional Health. Peace officers employed by Rochester Regional Health or
     5  its  subsidiaries  shall  have  the  powers of peace officers within the
     6  geographic  area  of  employment  of  the  grounds  or  premises  owned,
     7  controlled  or  administered by Rochester Regional Health or its subsid-
     8  iaries, on any public street and sidewalk that abuts the grounds, build-
     9  ings or property of such geographic area,  and  beyond  such  geographic
    10  area  upon the request of the chief law enforcement officer of the local
    11  law enforcement jurisdiction or his or her designee, for the purpose  of
    12  transporting  an  individual  who  has  been arrested in accordance with
    13  section 140.27 of this chapter and where no local law enforcement  offi-
    14  cer  is  available  for transporting such individual in a timely manner.
    15  Such peace officers shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs (a),
    16  (b), (c), (d), (e), and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20  of  this
    17  article,  and  the power to detain an individual for a reasonable period
    18  of time while awaiting the arrival of  law  enforcement,  provided  that
    19  such  peace  officer has actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe,
    20  that such individual has committed an offense;  provided  however,  that
    21  nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to
    22  carry,  possess,  repair  or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate
    23  license therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal
    24  law.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01782-01-3