STATE OF NEW YORK
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10106
IN SENATE
April 29, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 uniformed court officers of the village of
Dobbs Ferry in Westchester County
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. Employees of the village court of the village of Dobbs Ferry in
4 Westchester County serving as uniformed court officers at such village
5 court. These officers shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs
6 (b), (h), and (i) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article;
7 provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
8 authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
9 unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to
10 section 400.00 of the penal law; provided further however, that if such
11 employee is not currently a police or peace officer pursuant to section
12 1.20 or 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, such employee must success-
13 fully complete the training required under section 2.30 of this article.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14456-03-6
