Informal Opinion No.

Dennis J. Morris, Esq. Village Attorney, Odessa

You have asked whether a village school crossing guard is authorized to control vehicular traffic for purposes of protecting school children in school buses going to and from school.

The duly constituted authorities of any city, town, village, county police department or police district may designate, authorize and appoint persons as school crossing guards "to aid in protecting school children going to and from school", and for such purposes these guards have the "power to control vehicular traffic within such municipality" (General Municipal Law,…