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Tompkins County OKs policy authorizing designated probation officers to carry firearms after 12–2 vote
Summary
The Tompkins County Legislature approved a resolution directing a policy that would authorize designated probation officers (primarily those in the GIVE program) to carry firearms after training and psychological screening; the vote was 12–2 amid debate over body-worn cameras and scope.
The Tompkins County Legislature on Feb. 4 approved a resolution establishing a departmental policy that would authorize designated probation officers to carry firearms in specified, high-risk circumstances, passing the measure 12–2.
The measure, moved by Legislator Rich John and seconded by Legislator Lee Corman, applies primarily to officers supervising participants under the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) program and to narrowly defined high-risk situations, the probation director said. Department of Probation Director Dan Cornell told the legislature that if the resolution passed the policy would then be submitted to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives for review. "If it's to pass tonight, then the policy would be…
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