S 7327: Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Highland Hospital; provides such peace officers are not authorized to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7327 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 10, 2025 ___________ 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 Highland 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 88 to read as follows: 3 88. Officers and members of the security force employed by Highland 4 Hospital, within the grounds or premises owned or under the supervision, 5 administration, or control of Highland Hospital located on the campuses 6 and at the facilities of Highland Hospital, or on any public street and 7 sidewalk that abuts such, shall have the powers of peace officers, and 8 beyond such geographic area upon the request of the chief law enforce- 9 ment officer of the local law enforcement jurisdiction or such chief law 10 enforcement officer's designee, for the purpose of transporting an indi- 11 vidual who has been arrested in accordance with section 140.27 of this 12 chapter and where no local law enforcement officer is available for 13 transporting such individual in a timely manner. Such peace officers 14 shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), 15 and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this article, and the 16 power to detain an individual for a reasonable period of time while 17 awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that such peace offi- 18 cer has actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, that such indi- 19 vidual has committed an offense; provided however, that nothing in this 20 subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, 21 repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor 22 has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11109-01-5