NY lawmakers introduce bill to ban fired officers from joining other departments 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 said of officers Francisco Moya, and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson have crafted a bill to prevent police officers who’ve been fired from getting hired again by departments in other jurisdictions.
“If you have the power and the privilege to enforce the law, you must be held to a higher standard. That standard has to include making sure that cops know that they can’t just do whatever they want to do,” Benjamin told CBS News.
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NEW YORK â City and state politicians announced plans Saturday for legislation that would permanently bar all police officers dismissed or forced to resign for disciplinary reasons from landing another law enforcement job anywhere in New York state.
âThese âwandering officersâ are twice as likely to commit physical and sexual misconduct,â said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson at the Harlem headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharptonâs National Action Network.
âWe simply cannot allow the hiring of bad apples and people convicted of crime,â he said.
Johnson, joined by City Council member Francisco Moya and state Sen. Brian Benjamin, said the bill will be proposed in both the city and the state.
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City, state lawmakers announce joint legislation to keep rogue New York cops from landing new law enforcement jobs
Once fired, never rehired.
City and state politicians announced plans Saturday for legislation that would permanently bar all police officers dismissed or forced to resign for disciplinary reasons from landing another law enforcement job anywhere in New York state.
“These ‘wandering officers’ are twice as likely to commit physical and sexual misconduct,” said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson at the Harlem headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network.
“We simply cannot allow the hiring of bad apples and people convicted of crime,” he said.