New York lawmakers look to ban cops who resign, are fired for misconduct, from being rehired elsewhere

Lawmakers in New York introduced joint legislation Saturday that would ban police officers who are forced to resign or are fired over disciplinary issues from being rehired in another jurisdiction in the state.

Police officers must be held to a higher standard because of their "power and the privilege to enforce the law," he said. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who introduced a collaborative bill at the local level, said, "wandering officers" were "twice as likely to commit physical and sexual misconduct," the New York Daily News reported.