§ 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, […]
§ 8-802 Powers and duties of police officers. The police officers so appointed shall have all the powers and be subject to the duties and liabilities of constables of towns in serving process in any civil action or proceeding. In addition to other powers conferred by law, said police officers shall have power to execute […]
§ 8-804 Discipline and charges. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of such police force or department shall continue in office unless suspended or dismissed. The board of trustees or municipal board shall have power and is authorized to adopt and make rules and regulations for the examination, hearing, investigation and determination […]
§ 8-806 Review. The conviction of any member of such police force or department shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the judicial district in which such village is located, in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules on the ground that said conviction is illegal […]
