Law Enforcement fuming over soon to be enacted reforms to bail

Beginning January 1st, the criminal justice system in New York State will take a hard, left turn. The change involves a new law that addresses when, and how bail can be imposed on criminal defendants. Police locally, and across the region, have been quite vocal lately. Here is an example from Bath Police Chief Chad Mullen...he posted this on Facebook:

Let this sink in ...

As of January 1st, 2020 - the list of crimes that will NO LONGER hold a suspect on bail in NYS...In other words, these offenses can be committed, and the person who committed them will be out walking the street the same day...

Source: the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York

-Assault in the third degree
-Aggravated vehicular assault
-Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old
-Criminally negligent homicide
-Aggravated vehicular homicide
-Manslaughter in the second degree
-Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
-Coercion in the first degree
-Arson in the third and fourth degree
-Grand larceny in the first degree
-Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds or criminal possession of a firearm
-Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and second degree
-Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degree
-Criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds
-Specified felony drug offenses involving the use of children, including the use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense and criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child
-Criminal solicitation in the first degree and criminal facilitation in the first degree
-Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third and fourth degree
-Making a terroristic threat
-Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
-Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child
-Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
-Promoting a sexual performance by a child
-Failure to register as a sex offender
-Obstructing governmental administration in the first and second degree
-Obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device
-Bribery in the first degree
-Bribe giving for public office
-Bribe receiving in the first degree
-Promoting prison contraband in the first and second degree
-Resisting arrest
-Hindering prosecution
-Tampering with a juror and tampering with physical evidence
-Aggravated harassment in the first degree
-Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree
-Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
-Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
-Enterprise corruption and money laundering in the first degree
-Aggravated cruelty to animals, overdriving, torturing and injuring animals
-Failure to provide proper sustenance
Animal fighting