page_title: New York City Department of Sanitation Police
section_title: Power and authority
hierarchical_section_title: New York City Department of Sanitation Police / Power and authority
caption_attribution_description: English: NYC Sanitation Police RMP
context_page_description: The New York City Department of Sanitation is the law enforcement arm of the New York City Department of Sanitation, primarily responsible for regulating, enforcing and investigating sanitation-related offenses within the City of New York.
context_section_description: Officers designated by the New York City Department of Sanitation (Police Enforcement Unit) are NYS Certified Peace Officers with limited authority and powers as provided for in New York State Criminal Procedure Law Section 2.10, subsection 59. They enforce sanitation laws and strive to improve the quality of life in NYC. Some of the areas of focus are illegal dumping, environmental-related summonses, theft of recyclables, truck enforcement, illegally parked vehicles, littering, public urinating and improper disposal of solid waste just to name a few.
  Other enforcement operations include regulating and enforcing private transfer stations within the city, and the transportation of waste within the city. They can also issue various summonses which include Environmental Control Board summonses, Vehicle and traffic law summonses, NYC Parking Violation Summonses and NYC Criminal Court summonses.
caption: NYC Sanitation Police RMP
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