Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided January 28, 1982Published
1Opinion of the Court
John L. Rizzo, Esq. County Attorney, Genesee County
You have asked whether the Genesee County Sheriff may provide routine road patrol service in that portion of the Tonawanda Indian Reservation located in Genesee County.
It is our understanding that the term "road patrol service" is used by counties to describe the work that is analogous to the patrol service of a municipal police department. This is the basic routine service for preserving the peace and enforcing the law. (See our informal opinion No. 81-62, copy enclosed, which discusses the duty of a sheriff.)
The United States has granted to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Seminole Tribe Of Florida v. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. EdwardsNew York Supreme Court · 1980