You can find SYNC documented under the General Reference-->Managed COBOL-->Statements section here
You can place SYNC on the method or you can surround a block of code like:
Within an object:
SYNC ON SELF
<statements>
END-SYNC
or within a static method:
01 my-sync-object string value "statClass" static.
SYNC ON my-sync-object
<statements>
END-SYNC