Local activists push for passing of Daniel’s Law

Free the People ROC has planned an advocacy campaign this week to gain support for Daniel’s Law, which legislators hope to vote on by June 10.Local activist group Free the People ROC has planned an advocacy campaign this week to garner support for Daniel’s Law. The state bill, named after Daniel Prude, who died in March 2020 after being restrained by Rochester police, would have mental health professionals respond to mental health and substance use emergencies instead of police.&hell