New York State Insider: 2024 Election Desk: Gina Arena Republican for New York State Senate 40th District: SD-40: Woke Policies Created Atmosphere That Cost Officer Diller His Life: Arena.

 

Statement by State Senate Candidate Gina Arena on Murder of New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller.



March 27, 2024

“Police Officer Jonathon Diller was callously murdered by a recidivist criminal who should have been taken off the streets years ago. So when career politicians like Senator Pete Harkham (SD-40), who led the effort to eliminate cash bail, offers his ‘deepest condolences’ over the killing, I, and others are understandably infuriated. 

“Pete Harkham and his woke colleagues in Albany are directly responsible for the plague of violence that cost Officer Diller his life on Monday. They eliminated highly effective ‘broken-windows’ policing — an incredibly effective tool for taking handguns off the street — banned undercover policing, and undermined police officers in the eyes of the public at every turn. 

“At the same time, Mr. Harkham remained mute as 37 cop killers were released from New York State prisons over the past six years. One wonders how much time Officer Diller’s killer will serve under one-party Democrat rule.   

“If we want to honor Police Officer Dillon’s life — if we truly want to remember his sacrifice — we’ll repeal Mr. Harkham’s dangerous, pro-criminal policies, and put proven crime-fighting tools back in the hands of law enforcement. Mr. Harkham’s so-called ‘reforms’ are getting New Yorkers killed.”