Protect Our Police Initiative

Article By Writer Michael Kraft Author: Michael Kraft
Published: April 13, 2007
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As part of his very successful Blue Ribbon Campaign on behalf of police officers in the Carolinas, host Jeff Katz has announced a grass-roots effort to change the law in North Carolina relating to assault on a police officer. Current law classifies aggravated assault on police as a misdemeanor, and Katz hopes that his POP (Protect Our Police) initiative will force the state legislature to reclassify the crime as a felony. Stay tuned to hear how you can help. Katz playfully points out, and sadly, that kicking a dog is a felony but kicking a cop is not. The fact that police are not given the extra protection and threat of a longer term if assaulted is just not a message I want to send to those who protect my kids.

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One Response to “Protect Our Police Initiative”

Charles Newman on September 26th, 2007 4:52 pm

Since Cops already have more protection than citizens (dogs are not citizens yet I think) why do they need more? Just the bruises resulting from assaulting a Cop will persuade most people not to try it again!

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