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No Time to Cut Jail Staff in Westchester

By NEIL PELLONE
Posted 1/17/20

A new world of public safety is upon us, one that has been brewing for many years and directly affects each and every one of us and our families. From local legislative chambers to Albany, every day public safety is being threatened by policymakers who ignorantly or willfully fail to grasp that laws, regulations and policy initiatives must be enacted without compromising the law-enforcement institutions and personnel that are the cornerstone of the criminal-justice system.

In 2019 alone we saw a number of legislative proposals and enactments that have threatened the sanctity of public safety. From the temporarily sidelined HALT legislation seeking to curb custodial management methods in jails/prisons to the sweeping changes in bail reform effective Jan. 1, 2020, these well-intentioned policies are being mis-implemented and dangerously compromise law enforcement’s ability to effectively protect and promote public safety.

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