§ 88. When railroads may designate police officers. 1. Upon the\napplication of any corporation owning or operating a railroad, express\ncompany operating over a railroad, or of any steamboat company, the\nsuperintendent of state police may appoint any person as a police\nofficer, with all the powers of a police officer in cities and villages,\nfor the preservation of order and of the public peace, and the arrest of\nall persons committing offenses upon the land of or upon property in the\ncustody of or under the control of such corporation, express company or\nsteamboat company.\n 2. Such application shall be in writing, specifying the name, age, and\naddress of each person for whom an appointment is sought.\n 3. The corporation, express company or steamboat company making any\nsuch application shall cause the fingerprints of each proposed appointee\nto be taken in the form and manner prescribed by the division of\ncriminal justice services and one set of such fingerprints shall be\nforwarded to the division of criminal justice services, and one set to\nthe federal bureau of investigation. Such fingerprints shall be searched\nby each agency against the fingerprint records in its files and be\nretained in the files of such agencies.\n 4. Reports of the results of such searches shall be reviewed by the\nsuperintendent of state police prior to granting an appointment to\ndetermine whether a proposed appointee is thereby shown to have been\nconvicted of a crime in the state of New York or of any offense in any\nother place which if committed in the state of New York would have been\na crime and no person who is determined by such review to have been so\nconvicted shall receive an appointment under this section.\n 5. The corporation, express company or steamboat company making\napplication shall also cause an investigation to be conducted in a\nmanner satisfactory to the superintendent of state police of the\ncharacter, qualifications and fitness of each proposed appointee and\nshall transmit to the superintendent of state police a report of the\nresults of such investigation which shall be reviewed by the\nsuperintendent of state police and no person whom such investigation\nshows to be other than of good moral character shall receive an\nappointment under this section.\n 6. No person shall be granted an appointment as a police officer under\nthis section unless and until the corporation, express company or\nsteamboat company making application shall certify to the superintendent\nof state police that the proposed appointee has had the minimum police\ntraining required for local police officers by the municipal police\ntraining council of the office of local government, executive\ndepartment, state of New York, or such equivalent training as may be\nspecifically approved by the executive director of the municipal police\ntraining council or if the proposed appointee has not had such minimum\ntraining that he will receive the same within twelve months from the\ndate of any appointment granted under this section.\n 7. No person shall be granted an appointment as a police officer under\nthis section unless and until the corporation, express company or\nsteamboat company making application shall certify to the superintendent\nof state police that the proposed appointee has had adequate firearms\ntraining or that before he is issued and/or is permitted to carry\nfirearms and within six months from the date of any appointment made\nunder this section, he will receive such training.\n 8. If any person who has not received the minimum police and/or\nfirearms training described in subdivisions six and seven of this\nsection shall be appointed a police officer under this section, the\ncorporation, express company or steamboat company which made application\nfor his or her employment shall furnish the superintendent of state\npolice, within six months of the date of appointment, a certificate\nissued by an approved municipal police
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