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BILL NUMBER:S5783
Title of bill
An act in relation to authorizing the Co-op City public safety department in Bronx county to appoint special policemen with certain specified powers, and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting peace officer status to special policemen so appointed
Purpose
To codify the peace officer status of public safety officers at Co-op City
Summary of provisions
This bill codifies the status of public safety officers serving at Co-op City in the Bronx by designating them as peace officers defined in Section 2.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
JUSTIFICATION:;
The population and land area occupied by "Co-op City" in Bronx County is the largest single housing project or complex in the State. In fact, the complex was an actual incorporated city of the State, it would become, based on the 2010 census, the sixth largest city by population in the State.
The Public Safety Department for Co-op City currently employs 105 public safety officers who serve at no cost to the taxpayers and they actively supplement and assist the Police Department for NYC in providing law enforcement services to the complex. They are paid from a monthly assessment on the residents owning apartments in the complex. Their designation as peace officers will render the Public Safety Department for Co-op City eligible for grants and other funds from the state and federal governments. Their designation as peace officers will not materially alter or increase any of their current enforcement authority under Section 14-106 of the New York Administrative Code. Their designation as peace officers will not be deemed to supersede in any way the authority of NYPD to act under the authority of law.
It is significant to note that public safety officers currently carrying firearms while performing their special duties at the housing complex, are not permitted, under the rules of the Co-op City Public Safety Department, to posses them during their non-duty hours away from the housing. complex. Further, the Public Safety Department requires all of its firearms bearing officers to obtain licensure from NYPD in order to possess a firearm while on duty.
Legislative history
Similar bills. A9077, Benedetto was introduced in 2009-10 and A10547, Benedetto was introduced in 2012
Fiscal impact
None to state or NYC
Effective date
1st of November next succeeding the date on when it shall have become law.
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