S 8324: Grants security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status; provides that such officers shall complete training if they are not otherwise police officers or peace officers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8324 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status 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 Ardsley serving 4 as security officers at such village court. Such officers shall only 5 have the powers listed in paragraphs (b), (h), and (i) of subdivision 6 one of section 2.20 of this article; provided, however that nothing in 7 this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such security officers to 8 carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate 9 license has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law; and 10 provided further, that if such a security officer is not otherwise a 11 police officer pursuant to section 1.20 of this title or a peace officer 12 pursuant to this section, such security officer shall successfully 13 complete the training required under section 2.30 of this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04966-03-5