NY Gen Mun L § 209-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 10 - Firefighters and Police Officers 209-F - Outside Service by Local Police Forces; Mobilization by Governor; Powers of Sheriffs.

§  209-f.  Outside  service  by  local  police forces; mobilization by governor; powers of sheriffs. 1. Whenever the public  interest  requires it,  the  governor  may,  in  his  discretion,  authorize and direct the superintendent  of  state  police,  the  sheriff  of   a   county,   the commissioner  of the Nassau county police department and the head of the police department or force of any county, city, town or village  of  the state,  to  detail,  assign,  and make available for duty and use in any county, town, city  or  village  of  the  state  requesting  their  aid, assistance  and  use, under the direction and command of such officer as the governor may designate, all or any part  of  the  deputies,  forces, equipment   and   supplies   under  the  command  and  control  of  such superintendent, sheriff, commissioner or head, as the case may be. While engaged in duty and rendering service in  such  county,  town,  city  or village,  the deputies, officers and members of such police forces shall have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and  immunities  as  if they  were performing their duties in the civil or political subdivision in or by which they are normally employed.   2. a. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  general, special  or  local,  the  sheriff  of  any  county  may, when the public interest requires it, declare a state of special emergency in  any  part or  parts  of  his  county where the public peace is threatened or where life or property may be endangered, after first advising  the  governor, by  telegram, facsimile or other electronic means that he is about to do so.   b. During the continuance of any such emergency so declared and  until it  has  been  terminated  by  the  sheriff  who  declared  it or by the governor, the sheriff who declared such emergency: (1) May, after having received a request for aid from the chief executive officer of  a  city, town  or  village located within his county, request the chief executive officer of any other city, town or village located  within  his  county, and  the  administrative  head of any parkway police force and any state park police force which operates within his county, and the  head  of  a county  police  department  in  his  county,  to detail, assign and make available for duty and use in the city, town or village  requesting  the aid,  a  part  of  the  forces,  equipment  and  supplies  of the police department or police force of the municipality, parkway and  state  park police  force,  and county police department whose aid is requested, and the chief executive officer of such  city,  town  or  village,  and  the administrative head of such parkway and state park police force, and the head  of  a county police department, is hereby authorized and empowered to grant any request so made, and (2) shall have the  power  to  request any  or  any  number  of  sheriffs in the state to aid him by detailing, assigning and making available to him, for duty and use in  his  county, such  number of their deputy sheriffs as may be available, together with equipment and supplies, and to  deputize  as  emergency  special  deputy sheriffs  of  his county any or all personnel so supplied by the sheriff of any other county, and the sheriff  of  any  county  to  whom  such  a request  is made is hereby authorized and empowered to grant any request so made.   c. All or any part of the personnel, equipment and supplies  furnished by  the  sheriff of another county in response to a request therefor, as aforesaid, may be detailed, assigned and made  available  for  duty  and use, by the requesting sheriff, (1) in a city, town or village which had requested  aid,  as  aforesaid,  provided  there  is  need  therefor  to supplement the aid already provided by  another  municipality  or  by  a parkway  and/or  state park police force, or a county police department, or any combination thereof, or if there is need therefor because no such aid was provided, or pending the arrival of such other aid, and  (2)  in  any part of the county of the requesting sheriff which is outside a city or  incorporated  village  and  which,  in the opinion of the requesting sheriff, is in need thereof to maintain the public peace or  to  prevent life or property becoming endangered.   d.  While  engaged  in  duty  and rendering service in any city, town, village or elsewhere, as aforesaid, the officers and members of any such police department or police force, and any responding  sheriff  and  his deputies, so assigned and made available for duty and use shall have the same  powers,  duties, rights, benefits, privileges and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the civil or political  subdivision in  or  by  which  they  are normally employed, and all thereof, for the purpose of the workmen's compensation law, shall be deemed to be engaged in the course of their employment from the time  they  report  for  such duty  until  they  return to the civil or political subdivision in or by which they are normally employed.   e. The chief executive officer of a municipality who requested aid, as aforesaid, with the consent  of  the  chief  of  police  of  his  police department  or  police force if any such there be, may deactivate any or all of the manpower furnished, upon his  request  for  aid,  by  another municipality,  parkway  and/or  state park police force, and/or a county police department. Manpower so furnished as aid to  a  municipality  not having  a  police  department  or  force may be deactivated by the chief executive officer thereof with the consent of the sheriff of the  county in which it is located.   f.  A  municipality may, by local law, delegate to the chief of police of its police department or police force the power hereby granted to its chief executive officer to request aid.   g. If the chief executive officer of any such city, town or village is absent or disabled, the chief of police thereof may  make  such  request for  aid, grant a request therefor, and deactivate manpower furnished in response to request therefor. If any such municipality does not  have  a chief  of police a person empowered by the local legislative body may so act,  except  with  respect  to  deactivating  manpower  furnished  upon request.   h.  As  used  in  this section: (a) The term "chief executive officer" shall mean: (1) In the case of a city the mayor, except in a city having a city manager where it shall mean such city manager,  and  (2)  in  the case  of  a  town the supervisor or presiding supervisor, and (3) in the case of a village the mayor, except in a village having a  president  or manager  where  it  shall  mean  such president or manager; (b) The term "municipality" shall mean a city, town or village.  (i) All powers vested in the sheriff by this  section  shall  only  be exercised  in  the  county  of  Nassau by the county executive of Nassau county.