How effective are police bodycams in Steuben County?  Very effective, according to Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker.   "It's like Monday Night Football," Baker said.  "Lets go to the tape and find out what happened.  People are seeing police officers do the right thing and it's eye opening for the community." 

Gillibrand's Flag Act Will Help Gun Owners, Trooper Investigator Union Leader Says

Tim Dymond, the head of the New York State Police Investigators Union, put out a statement of support for Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Flag Act.  The head of that police union says the number of Extreme Risk Protection Orders over owning guns, has gone way up.  The Troopers investigators union head also says, Gillibrand’s Flag Act would make it so that more gun owners get defense attorneys, when someone files a protection order to get their guns taken away. 

Langworthy and TVTP: It's Too Politically Biased

Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy is questioning the Homeland Security program called TVTP, Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention.  Langworthy says, Homeland Security’s TVTP program is going after conservatives and Christians.  Langworthy also says the TVTP program is just targeting political opponents.  Now that statement was in a press release.   Recently, Langworthy was criticized by the Corning City Democrats, for using his official House email to send out to voters, what the Corning Democrats called, divisive political rhetoric.  (However, it should be noted that the above criticism of TVTP was not part of the weekly email, it was sent out in a separate statement.)