NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8324

Senate Bill S8324

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status

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Jun 02, 2025	referred to rules

2025-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3988
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2.10, CP L

2025-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status; provides that such officers shall complete training if they are not otherwise police officers or peace officers.

2025-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8324

SPONSOR: STEWART-COUSINS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace
officer status

 
PURPOSE::

The purpose of this bill is to designate individuals working as Court

Security Officers in the Village of Ardsley as Peace Officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1 of the bill amends the criminal procedure law. With this
amendment, any person hired by the Village of Ardsley, in Westchester
County, to serve as a Court Security Officer in the Village of Ardsley
Justice Court, will be designated a Peace Officer in New York State, so
long as they meet the training requirements outlined in existing law.

This amendment also states that, even though they will be designated as
Peace Officers, the Village's Court Security Officers will only be
authorized to carry a firearm when acting within their official duties
if they apply for and receive the appropriate licenses.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

The Village of Ardsley, located in Westchester County, employs Court

Security Officers in its Village Court. These officers are responsible
for maintaining order and decorum in the Village Court and for providing
security in the courtroom and on court premises.

The position and job specifications of a Court Security Officer in the
Village are regulated by the Westchester County Department of Human
Resources, pursuant to the Westchester County Civil Service Rules.
Under the Westchester County Department of Human Resources' job specifi-
cation, the job of Court Security Officer is distinguished from the job
of Court Attendant "in that this position is a peace officer."

While Westchester County has stated its intent for Court Security Offi-
cers in the county to be designated as Peace Officers, the County itself
does not have the authority to make this designation. Existing law
states that individuals are designated Peace Officers only if the job
they hold is listed in Section 2.10 of the State Criminal Procedure Law.
Therefore, designating the Village's Court Security Officers as Peace
Officers requires action by the State Legislature.

This bill amends the Criminal Procedure Law by adding the Village's
Court Security Officers to the list of jobs across the State whose work-
ers are designated as Peace Officers. This will give the Village's Court
Security Officers the power to make warrantless arrests, carry out
constitutional warrantless searches, and issue appearance tickets, among
other powers, when acting within their official duties. Additionally,
the bill restates that Court Security Officers can only carry a firearm
during their job if they apply for, and receive, the appropriate firearm
licenses.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8324
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
   security  officers  serving  at  the  village of Ardsley village court
   peace officer status

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
   88. EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE COURT OF THE VILLAGE OF  ARDSLEY  SERVING
 AS  SECURITY  OFFICERS  AT  SUCH VILLAGE COURT. SUCH OFFICERS SHALL ONLY
 HAVE THE POWERS LISTED IN PARAGRAPHS (B), (H), AND  (I)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT NOTHING IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH SECURITY OFFICERS  TO
 CARRY,  POSSESS,  REPAIR  OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE
 LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW; AND
 PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT IF SUCH A SECURITY OFFICER  IS  NOT  OTHERWISE  A
 POLICE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 1.20 OF THIS TITLE OR A PEACE OFFICER
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  SECURITY  OFFICER SHALL SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 2.30 OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04966-03-5

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