The law created named in honor of state trooper Kevin Conner is now active. | Stock Photo
The law created named in honor of state trooper Kevin Conner is now active. | Stock Photo
Gov. Roy Cooper officially implemented Conner's Law earlier in July after signing the legislation into law last year.
The law was created after Kevin Conner, a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper was killed in the line of duty in 2018 when he stopped a vehicle for speeding, the Bladen Journal reported on July 2.
Conner's Law makes it so that if someone assaults a police officer with a firearm, the penalty goes from a Class E felony to a Class D felony, which means required jail time if convicted, the Bladen Journal reported. It also doubles the death benefit the officer's family receives.
The bill allows for an additional $100,000 death benefit to survivors of public safety employees who are killed and also increases penalties for emergency service workers who are seriously attacked, the Bladen Journal reported. There were approximately 20 sponsors of the bill.
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