Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley and other New York State Sheriffs, along with members of both the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police and the District Attorney’s Association met to raise concerns over the Bail Reform and Discovery Laws that came into effect at the beginning of this year. Among other provisions, the reforms eliminated cash bail and pretrial detention for nearly all misdemeanors and nonviolent felony cases.  That resulted in the mandatory release of 90 percent of those arrested, regardless of their criminal history.  A bill to repeal the reforms is already in the State Assembly.