NY Lawmakers Propose Bill Banning Disgraced Officers From New Law Enforcement Work
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Days after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd, city and state officials plan to introduce a similar bills that would prevent police officers who’ve been fired or disciplined from joining any other department in the state.
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson made the announcement at the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem on Saturday. Flanked by Queens Councilmember Francisco Moya and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Johnson said the bill would update the city’s hiring policy, declaring police officers from other jurisdictions who have been fired or who left the job while facing a misconduct investigation will not work for the NYPD. At the Saturday morning event, Johnson said wandering officers police officers who are seeking work elsewhere will not work for the
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Police officers who were either fired or forced to resign because of disciplinary reasons may not be able to work as officers in other jurisdictions in the state of New York should a bill announced Saturday become law. If you have the power and the privilege to enforce the law, you must be held to a higher standard, New York State Senator Brian Benjamin, who is sponsoring the proposed bill, told CBS News. That standard has to include making sure that cops know that they can t just do whatever they want to do.
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Lawmakers in New York introduced joint legislation Saturday that would ban police officers who are forced to resign or are fired over disciplinary issues from being rehired in another jurisdiction in the state. Accountability is a must, state Sen. Brian Benjamin, a Democrat who is proposing the bill, told CBS News.
Police officers must be held to a higher standard because of their power and the privilege to enforce the law, he said.
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who introduced a collaborative bill at the local level, said, wandering officers were twice as likely to commit physical and sexual misconduct, the New York Daily News reported.