US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  412.  Special policemen. 1. For the purpose of preserving order and
  preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the  officers
  or  directors of any corporation or association created under or subject
  to the provisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint  from
  time  to  time,  special  policemen, and the same to remove at pleasure,
  who, when appointed, shall be peace officers with the same powers within
  and about such grounds as are set forth in section 2.20 of the  criminal
  procedure  law  whose  duty,  when appointed, shall be to preserve order
  within and around the grounds and  racetracks  of  said  corporation  or
  association,  to  protect  the property within said grounds, to eject or
  arrest all persons who shall be improperly within the  grounds  of  such
  corporation or association or who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct,
  or  who  shall neglect or refuse to pay the fees or to observe the rules
  prescribed by said corporation or  association;  and  it  shall  be  the
  further duty of said policemen, when appointed to prevent all violations
  of  law  with reference to pool-selling, bookmaking, and other gambling,
  and to arrest any and all persons  violating  such  provisions,  and  to
  convey such person or persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause
  of such arrest, before a magistrate having jurisdiction of such offense,
  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law. The appointment of policemen in
  pursuance of this section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way on
  the grounds  and  racetrack  of  such  corporation  or  association  the
  authority  of  peace  officers  or  police  officers of the jurisdiction
  within which such grounds and racetrack are located.
    2. Any appointment of a special policeman under  this  section,  shall
  only  be  made with the approval of the state racing and wagering board.
  Application for such approval shall be in such form as may be prescribed
  by the board and shall contain such other  information  or  material  or
  evidence  as  the  board  shall require. In acting on an application for
  such approval the  board  shall  consider  the  background,  experience,
  integrity,  and  competence of the candidate for appointment, the public
  interest, convenience or necessity and the interests  of  quarter  horse
  racing  generally.  The  board in its discretion may set the term of any
  such appointment, terminate any existing appointment  at  any  time  and
  prescribe conditions and rules for the conduct of such office.