Section 845-A. Central state registry of peace officers

1. The division
  shall collect information to maintain, on a current basis, a registry of
  all peace officers in the  state.  Such  registry  shall  contain,  with
  respect  to  each peace officer, his name, date of birth, rank or title,
  official station, and whether he is employed full-time or part-time.
    2. Each head of a state or local agency,  unit  of  local  government,
  state  or  local  commission,  or public authority, or public or private
  organization  which  employs  peace  officers  shall  transmit  to   the
  division,  no  later  than the fifteenth day of January in the year next
  succeeding the year in which  the  provisions  of  this  section  become
  effective, a list containing the name of every peace officer employed by
  his  agency,  government,  commission,  authority or organization on the
  fifteenth day of such month of January indicating with respect  to  each
  peace  officer  his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station
  and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. Each such head  shall
  thereafter,  no  later  than the fifteenth day of each January and July,
  transmit to the division a list of those peace officers  who  have  been
  appointed  or  have ceased to serve in the preceding calendar month and,
  in the instance of new appointees, shall  include  all  the  information
  required to be furnished in the initial listing.
    3.  Each  such  head  shall have the option to enter into an agreement
  with the division whereby the required semi-annual updating of  registry
  information may be regularly done on a more frequent basis.
    4. The division shall establish rules and regulations to provide for a
  permanent system of identification for each peace officer.
    5.  Upon  the  failure  or  refusal to comply with the requirements of
  subdivision two of this section, the commissioner  shall  apply  to  the
  supreme  court for an order directed to the person responsible requiring
  compliance. Upon such application the court may issue such order as  may
  be  just, and a failure to comply with the order of the court shall be a
  contempt of court and punishable as such.
    6. The division shall cooperate with the division of state  police  in
  making  the  information in the central peace officer registry available
  for the purpose of verifying transactions involving firearms.