[Adopted 5-24-1971 by L.L. No. 6-1971]
Section 189-a of the Village Law, as added by Chapter 88 of the Laws of 1942 and as last amended by Chapter 352 of the Laws of 1954, as it applies to the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York, is hereby changed, superseded and amended to read as follows[1]:
§ 189-a. Provisions relating to special policemen; appointment; powers.
The Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York, shall have power to appoint such number of special policemen for the Village as he may deem necessary to preserve the public peace in case of fire, traffic congestion or other occasion when the regularly appointed and constituted officers of the Police Department require assistance. Such special policemen shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve on such occasions, including training periods, as the Mayor shall designate. Such special policemen shall be under the sole control of the regularly appointed and constituted officers of the Police Department or police force. They shall have the power to make arrests only for public intoxication, traffic violation, disorderly conduct or other offenses against peace and good order.
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Editor's Note: Section 189-a was not carried forward into the Village Law as recodified by the Laws of 1972, c. 892.