STATE OF NEW YORK
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6507
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 14, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
peace officer status to officers and members of the security force of
Rochester General Hospital
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 85 to read as follows:
3 85. Officers and members of the security force employed by Rochester
4 General Hospital. The geographic area of employment for peace officers
5 employed by Rochester General Hospital shall include any public street
6 and sidewalk that abuts the grounds, buildings or property of such
7 hospital. These officers shall only have the powers listed in paragraph
8 (c) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article, as well as the
9 power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of time while
10 awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that the officer has
11 actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that such individual has
12 committed an offense; provided however, that nothing in this subdivision
13 shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or
14 dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
15 issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13339-01-9
