Officials from two police departments overseeing a region that neighbors New York City have ordered their officers to halt any enforcement activity in the city out of concern over a recently enacted chokehold ban that places limitations on the ways in which arrests can be made. On Friday, Yonkers Police Commissioner John J. Mueller announced he too, with support from the mayor, was ordering the department's police officers to discontinue any law enforcement activity in New York City. "The New York City law was obviously not written by anyone who has had to put handcuffs on a violent individual resisting arrest," Mueller said in a statement. NYPD RETIREMENTS ON THE RISE: 'IT'S A NO-BRAINER'And earlier this week, New York State Troopers Benevolent Association President Thomas Mungeer asked the head of State Police to immediately remove the approximately 200 members who were assigned roles in New York City. Westchester County Police officials, much like several others from different parts of the city and state, took issue with the latter portion of the legislation.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 15:42 UTC