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Friday, July 24, 2020

Yonkers Insider: Election 2020 Desk: Rob Astorino, Republican for New York State Senate, 40th District: Harckham Turns Back on Police Officer Safety.



HARKCHAM REJECTS BILL PACKAGE TO 
PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS UNDER FIRE.

Astorino Will Support as State Senator.

Hudson Valley-Jul. 24...

State Senator Peter Harckham (SD-40) has voted to reject a series of bills to better protect New York police officers from assault, the campaign of former two-term Westchester county executive and state senate candidate Rob Astorino today revealed. 
 
The ‘Protect Those Who Protect Us’ legislative package, which is strongly supported by the New York State Sheriff’s Association and other law enforcement groups, is needed now more than ever, Mr. Astorino said, due to the increased physical attacks on police officers by rioters in New York State. New York City’s highest ranking police officer, Chief Terence Monahan, was brutally assaulted this month along with other NYPD officers, Mr. Astorino noted. Hundreds have been injured in recent melees. 
 
“It’s our fundamental duty to protect teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public servants from being assaulted on the job, and Peter Harckham’s rejection of these protections for the men and women of our law enforcement community is unacceptable and very revealing of his values,” Mr. Astorino said. “Just as police officers who cross the line have to be held accountable for their actions, so do those who put them in danger or physically harm them. As a state senator, I’ll work across party lines to ensure that our public servants have all the protections they deserve.” 
 
The ‘Protect Those Who Protect Us’ package would deter violence against law enforcement by increasing penalties on existing crimes and creating new categories of crimes as a result of new types of attacks. It includes:

● Increasing the penalty for resisting arrest to a Class E felony;

● Creating a Class D felony for failing to retreat, if an individual defies an order to move 25 feet while an officer is performing his or her duties;

● Increasing assault on a police officer by one degree for the current crimes pertaining to assault upon a police officer, and make all of them crimes for which a judge could require the posting of bail;

● Creating a Class D felony of Aggravated Harassment of a Police or Peace Officer if an officer is struck by any substance or object including, but not limited to, bottles, rocks, bodily fluids, spittle, urine, seminal fluid, feces, flammable liquids or other noxious, hazardous or dangerous substances or objects;

● Making any crime committed against a police officer because of his or her status as a police officer a hate crime, with the concomitant increase in penalty as is currently provided with respect to hate crimes against members of other protected groups;

● Making it a Class D Felony, to falsely accuse a police officer or peace officer of wrongdoing in the performance of his or her duties, and create a private right of civil action for the officer against the false accuser;

● Making it a Class D Felony to dox a police officer or peace officer because of the officer’s status as a police or peace officer, or to dox any other person because of that person’s relationship to, or affiliation with, a police or peace officer;

● Making it a Class E Felony to follow or surveille a police or peace officer for no legitimate purpose, whether such officer is on or off duty, or to approach within one hundred yards of the private residence or place of lodging of a police officer, without the consent of said officer, for reasons related to the officer’s status or service as a police or peace officer, or for the purpose of intimidating the officer or the officer’s family. 



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