Progressive City Council members and police-reform advocates last week unveiled a bill that would require police officers who want to search a suspect to explain that he or she has the right to say “no” unless probable cause or other factors exist.
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch immediately denounced the bill as unnecessary and dangerous to police and the public alike.
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