It shall be the duty of peace officers , when acting pursuant to their special duties , or police officers , who are members of an authorized police department or force or of a sheriff ' s department to assist representatives of such director to take into custody and transport any such person . Upon the request of a director of community services or the director ' s designee an ambulance service , as defined in subdivision two of section three thousand one of the public health law , is authorized to transport any such person . The law says an ambulance is authorized to transfer you , as in they are allowed to transfer you . It says nothing about being required to transfer you . <| sep |> The 04 Riven is always wrong .