A07345: Grants peace officer status to certain security officers employed by Highland Hospital; provides…

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

7345--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 25, 2025 ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, HEVESI, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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, shall have the powers of 7 peace officers, and beyond such geographic area upon the request of the 8 chief law enforcement officer of the local law enforcement jurisdiction 9 or such chief law enforcement officer's designee, for the purpose of 10 transporting an individual who has been arrested in accordance with 11 section 140.27 of this chapter and where no local law enforcement offi- 12 cer is available for transporting such individual in a timely manner. 13 Such peace officers shall only have the powers listed in paragraphs (a), 14 (b), (c), (d), (e), and (h) of subdivision one of section 2.20 of this 15 article, and the power to detain an individual for a reasonable period 16 of time while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, provided that 17 such peace officer has actual knowledge, or probable cause to believe, 18 that such individual has committed an offense; provided however, that 19 nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such officer to 20 carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate 21 license therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal 22 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. LBD11109-02-5