Marty Golden Needs to Think This Through
Ed Mullins, the head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association wants to reward people who assist a police officer who is struggling with an arrest. See here, here and here. Some papers are reporting that this program started Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Strangely, the Sergeants Benevolent Association has already has put up a website about the $500 reward.
Mullins wants Marty Golden to write the legislation that would extend the Good Samaritan law to protect citizens who assist first responders. Golden told the paper that he will correct the bill’s shortcoming with legislation. (See here)
This is such a bad idea for many reasons, but mainly because police officers are going to get hurt. Idiots will get in the way of police business and say they were trying to assist the officer. Some thugs don’t like police officers and will use this as an excuse to hurt them. The NYPD does not support this plan and wants people to call 911 for help.
This is a very dangerous bill and Marty Golden should reconsider submitting this.
Hugs,
marlene
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