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Town/Village of Mount Kisco, NY
Westchester County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Kisco 7-12-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 27, Police, which consisted of Art. I, Auxiliary Police Force, adopted 4-19-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982, Art. II, Special Service Rendered to Business, adopted 1-6-1975 by L.L. No. 4-1975, as amended, and Art. III, Mutual Aid, adopted 1-22-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990.
It is the intent of this chapter to replace policing functions by contract with the County of Westchester or other eligible policing entities, thereby realizing consolidation of services, access to a wider array of resources, attaining greater efficiency and securing cost savings to the taxpayers of the Village of Mount Kisco.
Pursuant to the authorizations and conditions set forth in Village Law § 8-800; New York Constitution, Article IX, §§ 2, 2(c)(i) and (ii)(1), and 3(d)(1); Municipal Home Rule Law §§ 2(5) and (12), 10(1)(i), (ii)(a), and (ii)(e)(3), and 23; and Unconsolidated Laws, §§ 5711 and 5711-q(4), the Board of Trustees abolishes the Mount Kisco Police Department.
All police function shall be transferred by a contract for policing service to the County of Westchester acting through its Department of Public Safety, or any such entity with whom the Village subsequently validly contracts.
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Any references in this Code of the Village/Town of Mount Kisco to the terms "police," "police officer," "Police Department" or "Mount Kisco Police Department" shall be interpreted to mean the corresponding terms in the particular entity with whom the Village contracts for police services.
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Any references in this Code of the Village/Town of Mount Kisco to the terms "Police Chief," "Chief of Police of the Village/Town of Mount Kisco," "Chief of Police," "Chief," "Police Commissioner" or "Deputy Chief of Police" shall be interpreted to mean the corresponding terms in the particular entity with whom the Village contracts for police services.
The functions conveyed above shall be deemed to extend to all duties of enforcement as set forth in this Code of the Village/Town of Mount Kisco, as well as other enforcement authorized by any applicable county, state or federal law or regulation.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.