# New York state is looking into creating a special hotline for CEOs to report threats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732 "2024-12-16T21:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/1 "2024-12-16T21:49:20Z")
I guess regular 911 is good enough for the proletariat class, but the CEOs need their own special law enforcement division. Also they want to make killing CEOs an act of terrorism. Killing the bottom 99% will still be regular murder though. > **[New Crisis Hotline for CEOs?](https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/new-crisis-hotline-for-ceos)** > > Governor of New York wants to protect CEOs [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2024/12/13/security-worries-00194193](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2024/12/13/security-worries-00194193) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/2 "2024-12-16T21:51:23Z")
One step closer to the tumbrels, folks. Get your tickets while good seats are still available. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/3 "2024-12-16T21:52:37Z")
Would be a pity if normal folks overwhelmed that hotline with non-emergency calls. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/4 "2024-12-16T21:53:05Z")
Yeah, that’ll work. I remember last time Chump was in the White House and they set up a hotline for reporting “crimes committed by aliens”. It quickly got trolled into oblivion. They never did get back to me on my report about the laundry-stealing alien I saw – should have been an easy case to crack what with the distinctive mechanical-rice-picker damage to the culprit’s ears… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/5 "2024-12-16T21:56:17Z")
They could use some of their excess wealth to hire their own security. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/6 "2024-12-16T22:02:26Z")
Can I use this line to report mysterious drone sightings? I had one follow me home last night. It was this whitish orb that was giving off an unnatural glow, so bright I couldn’t even see the stars around it. The weirdest thing, though, was that it had a face on it that was looking right at me, like it was watching me. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/7 "2024-12-16T22:07:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They could use some of their excess wealth to hire their own security. They could, but then they’d deplete some of their excess wealth. The point is to have their own security but have someone else (the taxpayer) foot the bill. They get security and keep their excess wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/8 "2024-12-16T22:11:37Z")
I tried to post a link to this article on Facebook and got blocked for spreading misinformation. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/9 "2024-12-16T22:14:16Z")
The politico link? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/10 "2024-12-16T22:14:54Z")
[Kenklippenstein.com](http://Kenklippenstein.com) one. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/11 "2024-12-16T22:18:28Z")
That article references politico and CNN. Not surprising out of all the misinformation on Facebook that they would choose to target this ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/12 "2024-12-16T22:36:19Z")
There should only be beautiful police protecting the beautiful people ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/13 "2024-12-16T22:57:42Z")
Wish a mayor or governor would have the balls to stand up and tell these CEOs that they are the furthest thing from a victim that there is. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/14 "2024-12-16T23:00:22Z")
But surely there is one class of people that it is more important to protect than CEOs: **Politicians!** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/15 "2024-12-16T23:00:32Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Wish a mayor or governor would have the balls to stand up and tell these CEOs that they are the furthest thing from a victim that there is What, and alienate their target constituency? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/16 "2024-12-17T00:51:49Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > But surely there is one class of people that it is more important to protect than CEOs: > > **Politicians!** Honestly, no > **[Congressional baseball shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting)** > > On June 14, 2017, a mass shooting occurred during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia. 66-year-old James Hodgkinson shot four people, including then U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika. A ten-minute shootout took place between Hodgkinson and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police before officers shot Hodgkinson, who died from his wound... > On June 14, 2017, a mass shooting occurred during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia. 66-year-old James Hodgkinson shot four people, including then U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika. A ten-minute shootout took place between Hodgkinson and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police before officers shot Hodgkinson, who died from his wounds later that day at the George Washington University Hospital.[8][9] Scalise and Mika were taken to nearby hospitals where they underwent surgery.[10] > Scalise, who was at [second base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_base) when the shooting started, was shot in the hip and tried to drag himself off the field. While the shooting was still going on, Representative [Mo Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Brooks) used his belt as a [tourniquet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourniquet) to help stop bleeding for a staffer who had been shot in the calf. After the shooting ended, Brooks and Representative [Brad Wenstrup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup)—a [podiatrist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podiatrist) and [U.S. Army Reservist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Reservist) who served with the [U.S. Army](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army)’s 344th [Combat Support Hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Support_Hospital)—were able to assist Scalise.[[30]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting#cite_note-30) Several witnesses said their lives were saved by the presence of the Capitol Police, who were there because of Scalise’s position as the House Majority Whip. The Capitol Police immediately engaged Hodgkinson and kept him pinned down, preventing him from continuing to fire on the unarmed baseball players. Representative Davis and Senator [Rand Paul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul) separately said that if not for the presence of the officers, the incident “would have been a massacre”.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting#cite_note-wcnn-5)[[31]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting#cite_note-31)[[32]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting#cite_note-32) Even when republican politicians get shot it was ‘thoughts and prayers’, but now that CEOs are being shot they’re looking into special hotlines, counterterrorism efforts and special intelligence agency help. It really shows who the government works for. Even the politicians lives are less valuable than CEO lives. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/17 "2024-12-17T00:58:43Z")
The thing that cheers me up about this news is that it shows the fear is getting through. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/18 "2024-12-17T01:18:34Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > But surely there is one class of people that it is more important to protect than CEOs: > > **Politicians!** Just to add to this, even when Trump was almost assassinated and got grazed in the ear, it was business as usual within a day or two. If someone tries to kill Elon Musk I guarantee it’ll be news for more than one day like it was when Trump almost got shot. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/19 "2024-12-17T01:48:55Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Just to add to this, even when Trump was almost assassinated and got grazed in the ear, it was business as usual within a day or two. Really? It’s possible it won the election for him. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732/20 "2024-12-17T02:17:12Z")
Do people remember the name of the shooter? I doubt it. Was the media reporting on it a week later? I doubt that too [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732.md?page=2)