§ 223 — Special police officers

§ 223. Special police officers. For the purpose of preserving order\nand preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the\ntrustees or directors of any corporation created under or subject to the\nprovisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint from time to\ntime, five or more special police officers, and the same to remove at\npleasure, who, when appointed, shall be peace officers with the same\npowers within and about such grounds as are set forth in section 2.20 of\nthe criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed, shall be to\npreserve order within and around the grounds and racetracks of such\ncorporation, to protect the property within such grounds, to eject or\narrest all persons who shall be improperly within the grounds of such\ncorporation or who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall\nneglect or refuse to pay the fees or to observe the rules prescribed by\nsuch corporation; and it shall be the further duty of such police\nofficers, when appointed, to prevent all violations of law with\nreference to pool-selling, bookmaking and other gambling, and to arrest\nany and all persons violating such provisions, and to convey such person\nor persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause of such arrest,\nbefore a court having jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with\naccording to the law. The appointment of police officers in pursuance of\nthis section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way on the grounds\nand racetrack of such corporation the authority of peace officers or\npolice officers of the jurisdiction within which such grounds and\nracetrack are located.\n