John Raftry News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The fourth amendment of the bill of rights where we should be free from unreasonable search and seizure. we should be secure among our persons, places and effects. something this serious warrants documentation, so if i'm stopped and i'm searched and i'm questioned, i think it's just a respectful and right thing to do, according to the constitution of the united states and the bill of rights. i should get some documentation. i should know who is stopping me and i should know why i'm being stopped and most people don't know the law and it's an opportunity to educate people as well. >> john, what...

Stopping the officer filling out a form rather than looking for the actual perpetrator. >> this is an attack ton police practices that have worked. >> it's not an attack on police. it's something that should be done. >> we stop people all the time, john, for traffic violations. >> are you going to start handing them out on traffic violations? >> once we deem that the scenario is safe as we do, then the right thing to do is to take a couple of seconds and write down your name and why you stopped someone to search them. we've got to stay within what we have -- [ both speaking at the same time ] ...

Starting next month, new york's police department will have an extra duty to perform. for every action taken that does not result in an arrest, officers must fill out an information card explaining exactly why a person was stopped, and then give that card to the person. is this a win for the constitution or yet another regulation that will keep cops from doing their job? zbroining us now for a fair and balanced debate, john raftry. and neil franklin. thanks very much to you both for joining us. neil, first to you, do police need another layer of bureaucracy? >> i don't see this as a layer of b...