Section 504. Policing off-track betting

1. For the purpose of preserving
  order and preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling  and
  the  rules  and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter, the  officers  or
  directors  of each corporation subject to the provisions of this article
  are hereby authorized to appoint from time to time,  special  policemen,
  and  the  same  to remove at pleasure, who, when appointed, shall within
  any office of a corporation and within five hundred  feet  therefrom  be
  vested  with  the powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20
  of the criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed, shall  be  to
  preserve  order  within  and  around the offices of said corporation, to
  protect the property within, to eject or arrest all persons who shall be
  improperly within the office of such corporation or who shall be  guilty
  of  disorderly  conduct,  or  who shall neglect or refuse to observe the
  rules prescribed by said corporation; and it shall be the  further  duty
  of  said policemen, when appointed to prevent all violations of law with
  reference  to  pool-selling,  bookmaking  and  other  gambling  and  all
  violations of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections
  two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five of this chapter having
  the  force  of  law  and  to  arrest  any and all persons violating such
  provisions, and to convey such person or persons  so  arrested,  with  a
  statement  of  the  cause  of  such  arrest,  before a magistrate having
  jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with  according  to  law.  The
  appointment  of special policemen in pursuance of this section shall not
  be deemed to supersede in any way the authority  of  peace  officers  or
  police  officers  of  the  jurisdiction  within which the offices of the
  corporation are located.
    2. Any appointment of a special policeman under  this  section,  shall
  only  be  made with the approval of the state racing and wagering board.
  Application for such approval shall be in such form as may be prescribed
  by the board and shall contain such other  information  or  material  or
  evidence  as  it  shall  require.   In acting on an application for such
  approval the board shall consider the background, experience, integrity,
  and competence of the candidate for appointment,  the  public  interest,
  convenience  or  necessity  and  the  interests  of  legalized  wagering
  generally. The board in its discretion may set  the  term  of  any  such
  appointment,   terminate  any  existing  appointment  at  any  time  and
  prescribe conditions and rules for the conduct of such office.