The City of Schenectady deems it necessary to provide
by law specially authorized public servants who may issue appearance
tickets pursuant to Subdivision 3 of § 150.20 of the Criminal
Procedure Law and § 10, Subdivision 4[a], of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
Community Service Officers of the Schenectady Police
Department, as public servants of the City of Schenectady, are hereby
authorized to issue appearance tickets in the performance of their
respective duties when commencing prosecutions pursuant to the various
chapters of this Code.
The power to use the appearance ticket shall not imply
any restraint upon the power of the aforementioned public servants
to utilize any alternative methods of commencing prosecutions as may
be provided by law.
For purposes of this section, the term "appearance
ticket" shall have the same definition as provided in Article 150,
§ 150.10, of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of
New York, and the procedure governing its uses shall conform in all
respects to the procedure as enumerated in Article 150 of the Criminal
Procedure Law of the State of New York and other applicable articles
of that law.