Opn. No.

Requestor: Hon. Matthew T. Crosson, Chief Administrator of the Courts Office of Court Administration 270 Broadway New York, New York 10007

Written by: Robert Abrams, Attorney General

Your counsel has asked whether the Unified Court System is required to provide the peace officer training mandated by section 2.30 of the Criminal Procedure Law for marshals and deputy marshals of city courts.

By way of background, we note that each city court has an enforcement officer who has the power to serve and execute its processes and mandates. For the New York City Civil Court, the enforcement officer is…