Section 209-V. Employment of retired persons as special patrolmen for publicly owned property  


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  • 1.  Notwithstanding  any  general,  local  or  special  law  or charter provision, the governing board of any political
      subdivision may authorize any police or law enforcement agency  of  such
      political  subdivision  to  employ  retired  former members of police or
      sheriff's departments, or the  division  of  state  police,  or  retired
      former  correction,  parole  or  probation  officers  for the purpose of
      providing special patrolmen  in  publicly  owned  property  within  such
      political subdivision, including property of a school district, in order
      to protect the property or persons on such premises.
        2. Persons so employed shall have all the powers of peace officers, as
      set forth in section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law, when performing
      the duties set forth in subdivision one of this section.
        3.  The  governing  board of such political subdivision shall have the
      power to fix the compensation of persons so employed, either  at  annual
      or  per  diem  rates.  Employments provided for in this section shall be
      subject to the provisions of article seven of the retirement and  social
      security law.