Any commissioner of police, superintendent of police, chief of police, or other officer or officers, having the management, control or direction of the police force of any city of the first or second class in this state, and any inspector, captain, lieutenant, sergeant or roundsman of the police force of any such city, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by law.
N.Y. Police Certain Municipalities Law § 5