Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by St. Joseph's Health Hospital, North Medical Center and Northeast Medical Center when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
peace officer status to security officers employed by St. Joseph's
Health Hospital, North Medical Center and Northeast Medical Center
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 88 to read as follows:
3 88. Security officers employed by St. Joseph's Health Hospital,
4 located at 301 Prospect Avenue in the city of Syracuse; North Medical
5 Center, located at Taft Road in the village of North Syracuse; and
6 Northeast Medical Center, located at Northeast Medical Center Drive,
7 Suite 301 in the village of Fayetteville, when acting pursuant to their
8 special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or adminis-
9 tered by such hospital or any of its subsidiaries, or on any public
10 street or sidewalk that abuts the property of such hospital, shall have
11 the powers of peace officers within such geographic area and beyond such
12 area upon the request of the chief law enforcement officer of the local
13 law enforcement jurisdiction or such officer's designee for the purpose
14 of transporting an individual who has been arrested in accordance with
15 section 140.27 of this chapter when no local law enforcement officer is
16 available to transport such individual in a timely manner. Such peace
17 officers shall have the powers set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
18 (d), (e) and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article and
19 the power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of time while
20 awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that such peace offi-
21 cer has actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that such indi-
22 vidual has committed an offense; provided, however, that nothing in this
23 subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess,
24 repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor
25 has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14832-01-6
