[Amended 3-14-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023, effective 4-4-2023]
The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the
protection of the real and personal property of the Town and the maintenance
of order on the real properties of the Town, including the properties
of the special and improvement districts supervised and administered
by the Town Board. The Department shall be headed by a Commissioner
of Public Safety, who shall exercise overall administration and supervision
of the Department and who shall be appointed and hold office at the
pleasure of the Town Board at such salary as may from time to time
be fixed by said Town Board. The Commissioner shall have the power
to appoint and remove all subordinate officers and to assign them
to their respective duties. The Commissioner shall be in the unclassified
service of the civil service.
The public safety officers of the Department of Public Safety
shall, as directed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, perform the
following duties and have the following powers:
A. Maintain a twenty-four-hour patrol each day of all the public facilities
under the protection of the Department of Public Safety, or during
such hours and on such days as the Commissioner of Public Safety shall
determine.
B. Enforce the provisions of all local laws, ordinances or regulations
of the town relating to the public facilities under the protection
of the Department.
C. Order from the premises of any such facility any person who may not
be lawfully present thereon or who may be disorderly or who has violated
any local law, ordinance or regulation of the town relating thereto.
D. When permitted by law, issue summonses and/or appearance tickets
for the violation of any local law, ordinance or regulation of the
town relating to the facilities under the protection of the Department.
E. When requested by the Nassau County police, to assist them, under
their supervision, in the detection or apprehension of any person
who may have committed any crime on or with respect to the premises
of any facility under the protection of the Department.
F. Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as the Commissioner
of Public Safety shall find necessary or convenient to carry out the
duties and powers described herein.