City police officers would need to get written or recorded permission from a person they want to search under a new bill set to be introduced at City Hall today.
The measure by City Councilman Antonio Reynoso would require police to get consent for searches when they don’t have a warrant, are not making an arrest, or don’t have probable cause.
Under current law, a person can refuse to be searched, but police don’t have to let them know they can reject it.
The proposed bill is called the Right To Know Act.
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito says she intends to review the bill.
But the measure is coming under fire from the police union.
PBA president Pat Lynch issued a statement saying, in part, “This is the exact kind of poorly conceived idea from this City Council that starts with the belief that aggressively fighting crime to keep communities safe is a bad thing.”
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