NY Gov. Cuomo Signs 'Aggressive'<br />Package of Police Reform Bills Governor Andrew Cuomo signed <br />the "most aggressive" police reform <br />legislation into NY state law on Friday. Andrew Cuomo, NY Governor, via CNN The bills criminalize chokeholds, <br />as well as other types of restraints, <br />and hold law enforcement officers more accountable. Cuomo also signed an <br />executive order that is intended to <br />"reinvent and modernize police strategies." Andrew Cuomo, NY Governor, via CNN One law mandates the use of <br />body cameras by all officers. <br />Another requires officers to report the <br />discharge of their weapons within six hours. Andrew Cuomo, NY Governor, via CNN The bill faced fierce opposition <br />from a collection of law enforcement unions.
