💨 Abstract

Columbia University has hired 36 special patrol officers from the NYPD, subject to the police commissioner's orders. The officers will have the same powers of arrest and use of force as regular NYPD officers. They were appointed under New York state's Peace Officers law, which allows individuals and corporations to apply to the NYPD commissioner to appoint their employees as special patrol officers.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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