Informal Opinion No.

Kenneth H. Holcombe, Esq. Village Attorney, Dannemora

You have asked whether school crossing guards hired by a village may exercise their functions on a State highway.

Authorities of a city, town, village, county police department or police district may appoint 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, § 208-a). This provision has been construed to empower school crossing guards to regulate traffic (People vJennings, 75…