§ 5709. Special deputy sheriffs; powers and duties. 1. For the
protection of the grounds, buildings and property of Cornell university
and of the state institutions and property, or other lands and property
under the supervision, administration and control of said university,
and for the prevention of crime and the enforcement of law and order,
and for the enforcement of such rules and regulations as the board of
trustees of Cornell university shall from time to time make, as
authorized in section fifty seven hundred eight of this chapter or
otherwise, the sheriff of a county within which any part of the grounds
of Cornell university or the grounds of any state institution
constituting a part of the educational and research plants, owned or
under the supervision, administration or control of said university, are
located, shall appoint and remove at the request of Cornell university
such number of special deputy sheriffs as shall be recommended by the
president of Cornell university, such appointments to be made from
persons nominated by the president of Cornell university, and such
special deputy sheriffs shall act only within the county of the sheriff
making the appointment. Such special deputy sheriffs so appointed shall
be employees of the university and subject to its supervision and
control and shall have the powers of peace officers as set forth in
section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law within the said grounds or
premises owned or administered by Cornell university including any
public highway which crosses or adjoins such property. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prohibit any special deputy sheriff
appointed as herein provided from holding an appointment in more than
one county at one and the same time.

2. Every special deputy sheriff so appointed shall, before entering
upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office
prescribed by article thirteen of the constitution of the state of New
York, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which the grounds, lands and premises in which he is to be
employed is situate. Every special deputy sheriff appointed under this
section when on regular duty shall wear conspicuously a metallic shield
with a designating number and the words "Special Deputy Sheriff Cornell
University" thereon. The compensation, if any, of such special deputy
sheriff shall be paid by Cornell university or by the state of New York
if so provided by law.