New York Town Law Article 10 - POLICE

• 150 - Establishment of Town Police Departments.
  1. The town board of any town may establish a police department and appoint a chief of police and such officers and patrolmen as may...
• 151 - Qualifications.
  No person shall be eligible to appointment or reappointment to such police department, nor continue as a member thereof, who shall not be a citizen...
• 152 - Promotion.
  The town board may determine that promotions of officers and members of such police department shall be made by the town board on the basis...
• 153 - Transfers.
  Transfers from one town police department to another town or village police department in the same county may be made upon the mutual consent of...
• 154 - Administration.
  The town board may make, adopt and enforce rules, orders and regulations for the government, discipline, administration and disposition of the police department and of...
• 154-a - Physical Examinations.
  The town board may, from time to time, provide, by resolution, for the physical examination of any or all members of the police department by...
• 155 - Discipline and Charges.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of such police department shall continue in office unless suspended or dismissed in the manner hereinafter provided....
• 156 - Effect of Resignation.
  Any member of such department who shall resign shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same police force or police department or in any other...
• 157 - Absentee Leave.
  Every member of such police department shall be entitled, in addition to any vacation or absentee leave now prescribed by law, to one day of...
• 158 - Special Policemen.
  1. The town board of any town of the first class and the town board of any town of the second class which shall have...

Last modified: February 3, 2019