To: Pam Pope, Deputy Director, The North Carolina State House, The North Carolina State Senate, and Governor Roy Cooper
North Carolina Police Officer Safety Act 2013
Allow company police officers as sworn police officers of the state of North Carolina to operate lights and sirens (run emergency) to a life safety hazard within their territorial jurisdiction while responding from outside their jurisdiction.
For consideration of this exception the officer must “reasonably” believe based upon some fact that he/she is the closest most appropriate responding unit, and that failure to respond would place the public and/or agency officer in grave danger of death or serious bodily injury.
For consideration of this exception the officer must “reasonably” believe based upon some fact that he/she is the closest most appropriate responding unit, and that failure to respond would place the public and/or agency officer in grave danger of death or serious bodily injury.
Why is this important?
We need your help to change an outdated Administrative Code and general statues 20-125(b) that places police officers and the general public in grave danger, by not allowing them to properly respond to a life safety hazard.
Currently company police officers (sworn law enforcement officers) are the only branch of law enforcement within North Carolina that cannot respond “Emergency (lights and sirens)” to an incident or officer in distress if the officer is located even one block outside their jurisdiction.
Six (6) police officers died in North Carolina alone last year from line of duty deaths; please help us avoid the next tragedy.
Currently company police officers (sworn law enforcement officers) are the only branch of law enforcement within North Carolina that cannot respond “Emergency (lights and sirens)” to an incident or officer in distress if the officer is located even one block outside their jurisdiction.
Six (6) police officers died in North Carolina alone last year from line of duty deaths; please help us avoid the next tragedy.