Section 5709. Special deputy sheriffs; powers and duties

1. For the
  protection of the grounds, buildings and property of Cornell  university
  and  of the state institutions and property, or other lands and property
  under the supervision, administration and control  of  said  university,
  and  for  the  prevention of crime and the enforcement of law and order,
  and for the enforcement of such rules and regulations as  the  board  of
  trustees  of  Cornell  university  shall  from  time  to  time  make, as
  authorized in section fifty seven  hundred  eight  of  this  chapter  or
  otherwise,  the sheriff of a county within which any part of the grounds
  of  Cornell  university  or  the  grounds  of  any   state   institution
  constituting  a  part  of  the educational and research plants, owned or
  under the supervision, administration or control of said university, are
  located, shall appoint and remove at the request of  Cornell  university
  such  number  of  special deputy sheriffs as shall be recommended by the
  president of Cornell university,  such  appointments  to  be  made  from
  persons  nominated  by  the  president  of  Cornell university, and such
  special deputy sheriffs shall act only within the county of the  sheriff
  making  the appointment. Such special deputy sheriffs so appointed shall
  be employees of the  university  and  subject  to  its  supervision  and
  control  and  shall  have  the  powers of peace officers as set forth in
  section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law within the  said  grounds  or
  premises  owned  or  administered  by  Cornell  university including any
  public highway which crosses or adjoins such  property.  Nothing  herein
  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit any special deputy sheriff
  appointed as herein provided from holding an appointment  in  more  than
  one county at one and the same time.
    2.  Every  special  deputy sheriff so appointed shall, before entering
  upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe  the  oath  of  office
  prescribed  by  article thirteen of the constitution of the state of New
  York, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the
  county in which the grounds, lands and premises in which  he  is  to  be
  employed  is  situate. Every special deputy sheriff appointed under this
  section when on regular duty shall wear conspicuously a metallic  shield
  with  a designating number and the words "Special Deputy Sheriff Cornell
  University" thereon. The compensation, if any, of  such  special  deputy
  sheriff  shall be paid by Cornell university or by the state of New York
  if so provided by law.