Bill would make annoying a cop a crime

i see nothing wrong with this bill

I don't either. The thread title is very misleading.

Touching/pushing/shoving a police officer is definitely not cool. Why would anyone expect to get away with that??

Touching/pushing/shoving a police officer is definitely not cool. Why would anyone expect to get away with that??

we don't need a new law for this do we? that's already covered under assault.

Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33 to read as follows:
S 240.33 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER WHEN, WITH THE INTENT TO HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN OR ALARM A PERSON WHOM HE OR SHE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER ENGAGED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, HE OR SHE STRIKES, SHOVES, KICKS OR OTHERWISE SUBJECTS SUCH PERSON TO PHYSICAL CONTACT.
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER IS A CLASS E FELONY.

"annoy" and "alarm" are the dangerous ones... since there is no legally defined "annoy" you can basically be given a felony for any reason.

that's the problem with this, physical contact is already covered under the definition of "assault"

Thanks for clarifying that Liquid.