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N.Y. Village Law § 8-800

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New York · New York Village Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22

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N.Y. Village Law § 8-800, Police departments, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1136830
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§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by resolution, establish a police department in such village and appoint a chief of police and such personnel as may be needed, and fix their compensation. The board of trustees may abolish a police department established pursuant to this section by local law, subject to permissive referendum, and the department shall be deemed abolished as presented in such proposition. The board of trustees of a village, upon establishing or abolishing a police department, shall notify the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services of such action within thirty days thereafter.