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PO2 Harold Ashton
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So, anything new here?
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This is the first I'm hearing of this I guess the media isn't covering the story. If the officer isn't african American the media won't care. When an incident involves people of the same race it doesn't sell anger or raw emotion.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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It's on CNN, FoxNews, Washington Post, New York Post, local affiliates...quite a lot actually.
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Is this the same guy who was arrested for defying Cuomos restrictions?
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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PFC (Join to see) - Yes - he's this bar owner who kept his bar open and declared his bar an "autonomous zone" - and then they went to arrest him and he ran off, got in his car and then hit the cop.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff Ahh didn't realize this was an update from that incident.
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LTC Trent Klug
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I heard the owner on the radio. He is adamant he did not hit the 'sheriff' (who is not law enforcement officer as we know them by the way) and that the individual had no issue spending four hours processing paperwork.

'The New York City Sheriff's Office (NYSO), officially the Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York, is the primary civil law enforcement agency for New York City.[1] The Sheriff's Office is a division of the New York City Department of Finance..."
"The Sheriff's Office is headed by a sheriff, who is appointed to the position by the mayor..."
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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LTC Trent Klug - There's surveillance video that clearly shows him striking that individual with his vehicle. Not sure how his lawyer argues out of that one...
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MAJ Ron Peery
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Having worked in a Sheriff's Office, I question your assertion that a Sheriff is not a LEO. Every place I've ever lived, the Sheriff was a fully commissioned LEO, and often the senior LEO in the jurisdiction. But I get that NYC is a bit odd.
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LTC Trent Klug
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff Did he hit the man? Or did the man jump on the car? If the 'sheriff' broke his collar bone, why did he wait to go to the hospital after completing paperwork?
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LTC Trent Klug
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MAJ Ron Peery From the New York City Finance Department website:
"The Sheriff is the chief civil law enforcement office for the City of New York. Deputies enforce court orders and judgments, including the service of process, property and income executions, evictions, and arrests. They assist in the collection of parking violation judgment debt by towing cars, and, if the owners of these cars do not pay the judgment debt and redeem their vehicles, by auctioning the towed cars."

Additionally, the duties of the Sheriff are very much like the duites of City Marshals, the main distinction being that marshals are not considered City employees -- they are sort of private contractors who work for fees, which makes them quite well off -- while the Sheriff and his deputies are City employees receiving a city paycheck.

The state of New York differentiates between "police officers" and "peace officers", with "police officers" having the more wide-ranging powers and authority. According to the Criminal Procedure Law, sherrifs and deputy sheriffs in counties outside New York City are police officers -- but those in New York City are only peace officers.
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