N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 209-M
Outside service by local police

  • civil disturbance control

1.

As used in this section:

a.

The term “local government” shall mean a county, a city, a town, or a village, as the case may be.

b.

The term “chief executive officer” shall mean:

(1)

In the case of a county, the county executive unless there is none, in which case it shall mean the county manager if there is one, or the chairman of the board of supervisors if there is neither a county executive nor county manager.

(2)

In the case of cities, the mayor, except in those cities having a city manager, it shall mean such city manager.

(3)

In the case of towns, the supervisor or presiding supervisor.

(4)

In the case of villages, the mayor, except in those villages having a president or manager, it shall mean such latter officer.

c.

The term “chief of police” shall include any police officer in command of the police department or police force of a local government during the absence, illness or disability of the chief of police or who is authorized to exercise the powers of the chief of police in emergency situations.

2.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or of any county, city or village charter, the chief executive officer of a local government, whenever he deems that the public interest requires it, may request the chief executive officer of any other local government to detail, assign and make available for duty and use in the local government for which the request is made any part of the forces, equipment and supplies of the police department, police force or parkway police force of the local government of which the request is made. The chief executive officer of the local government of which the request is made is hereby authorized and empowered to grant the request so made.

3.

A local government may, by local law, delegate to the chief of police of its police department or police force the powers hereby granted to a chief executive officer to request and grant police assistance.

4.

If the chief executive officer of any such local government is absent or disabled, the chief of police of the local government may make any such request or may grant any such request, as the case may be.

5.

The local government receiving police aid pursuant to this section shall assume the liability for all damages arising out of any act performed in rendering such aid and shall reimburse the assisting local government for any moneys paid by it for salaries or for other expenses incurred by it including damage to or loss of equipment and supplies. An assisting local government may assume such loss, damage, expenses or cost for such equipment and supplies and donate such services to the receiving local government. While engaged in duty and rendering services in such local government the officers and members of such police department or police force shall have the same powers, duties, rights, benefits, privileges and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the local government in and by which they are normally employed.

Source: Section 209-M — Outside service by local police; civil disturbance control, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/209-M (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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Defining qualifications of exempt volunteer firefighters 200‑A
Volunteer firefighters serving in more than one fire company or fire department 200‑AA
Training stipend for volunteer firefighters 200‑B
Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the armed forces of the United States prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six 200‑C
Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the armed forces of the United States on or after July first, nineteen hundred sixt... 201
Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters 202
Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter 202‑A
Recording certificates of exempt volunteer firefighter 203
List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed 204
Qualifications necessary to entitle to certain exemptions 204‑A
Raising of funds for fire company purposes 204‑B
Youth programs 204‑C
Plan for arson investigation 204‑D
Duties of the fire chief 204‑DD
Qualifications of a fire chief 204‑E
Unauthorized destruction of property 204‑F
Plan for hazardous materials incidents response 204‑G
Restrictions on the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals 205
Payments to injured or representatives of deceased volunteer firefighters 205‑A
Additional right of action to certain injured or representatives of certain deceased firefighters 205‑B
Relief of volunteer firefighters engaged in the performance of duty as such firefighters from civil liability and liability of fire distr... 205‑C
Payments pending controversies where volunteer firefighters are killed or injured 205‑CC
Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits 205‑D
Relief from civil liability for acts or omissions by fire wardens in the city of New York 205‑E
Right of action to certain injured or representatives of certain deceased police officers 205‑F
Removal of civil liability barriers 205‑G
Defense and indemnification of volunteer firefighters 206
Certificate to police officers and firefighters 206‑A
Penalty for improper use of certificates 206‑B
Exemption of benefits payable under blanket accident insurance covering volunteer firefighters 207
Hospitalization of members of fire departments in certain cities 207‑A
Payment of salary, medical and hospital expenses of firefighters with injuries or illness incurred in performance of duties 207‑B
Additional retirement benefits for certain firefighters in cities 207‑C
Payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of police officers with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duties 207‑D
Additional retirement benefits for certain police officers in cities and certain villages 207‑E
Minimum retirement benefits for police officers in cities and who are members of police pension or retirement systems maintained by such ... 207‑E*2
Minimum retirement benefits for firefighters in cities and who are members of fire department pension or retirement systems maintained by... 207‑F
Ordinary death benefits of members of fire department systems of cities 207‑G
Ordinary death benefits of members of police retirement systems 207‑H
Death benefits of members of certain fire department pension or retirement systems of cities 207‑H*2
Death benefits of members of certain police pension systems 207‑I
Temporary supplemental retirement allowances for certain police officers 207‑I*2
Supplemental retirement allowances of retired firefighters of cities 207‑II
Payment of supplemental retirement allowances of retired police officers and firefighters of certain cities 207‑J
Supplemental pension allowances of certain retired teachers of cities 207‑K
Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities 207‑K*2
Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities 207‑KK
Disabilities of firefighters in certain cities caused by cancer 207‑KKK
Disabilities of firefighters in certain cities caused by Parkinson’s Disease 207‑L
Temporary supplemental retirement allowances for certain police officers in towns and villages 207‑N
Performance of duty disability retirement 207‑O
Performance of duty disability retirement 207‑O*2
Disabilities of members of the uniformed force of correction departments in certain cities 207‑P
Performance of duty disability retirement 207‑Q
Firefighters 207‑Q*2
Disabilities of emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians in certain cities 208
Members of police force to have one day rest in seven 208‑A
School guards 208‑B
Death benefits for beneficiaries of certain police officers and firefighters 208‑C
Death benefits for dependent fathers or dependent mothers of certain police officers and firefighters 208‑D
Extra work by members of certain police forces 208‑D*2
Compensation during disability 208‑D*3
Extra work by members of a police force in cities 208‑E
Extra work by members of certain police forces 208‑F
Special accidental death benefit 208‑G
Community activity by members of a police force 208‑H
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and retraining for police departments in cities having a population of one million or more 1 209
Outside service by local fire departments, companies, ambulance districts and airport crash-fire-rescue units 209‑A
Relations with other states and the dominion of Canada 209‑AA
Paid leave for disaster service volunteers 209‑AA*2
Appointment of private college campus security officers at independent non-profit colleges 209‑B
Emergency rescue and first aid squads 209‑BB
Specialized teams 209‑C
Fire police squads of fire departments and fire companies 209‑CC
Notification of presence of wild animals and dangerous dogs 209‑D
Contracts for outside service by volunteer fire departments and companies 209‑DD
Discovery of unlawful drug laboratory 209‑E
Fire mobilization and mutual aid plan 209‑EE
Adoption of a code of ethics and disclosure of interests by fire companies 209‑F
Outside service by local police forces 209‑FF
Provisions relating to certain accidental disability benefits 209‑FFF
Provisions relating to a membership date in the New York city police pension fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet p... 209‑G
Liability for outside aid 209‑I
Emergency service by volunteer firefighters 209‑J
Mutual aid programs in counties 209‑L
Removal of volunteer officers and volunteer members of fire departments 209‑M
Outside service by local police 209‑P
Relay of fire and emergency calls 209‑Q
Permanent appointment of police officers 209‑R
Police protection 209‑S
Contracts between municipalities and fire districts for joint fire training centers 209‑T
Contracts for joint fire alarm systems 209‑U
Notification of presence of hazardous materials 209‑V
Employment of retired persons as special patrolmen for publicly owned property 209‑W
Permanent appointment of fire fighters 209‑X
Training of certain paid city firefighters promoted to a first-line supervisory position 209‑Y
Establishment of hazardous materials emergency response teams 209‑Z
Annual independent audits
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 209-M’s source at nysenate​.gov

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