New Milford family pushes for Darren Drake Act to pass in the Senate

The Drake family from New Milford is pushing for the Darren Drake Act to pass in the Senate.

News 12 Staff

Jan 27, 2022, 10:51 AM

Updated 1,033 days ago

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The Drake family from New Milford is pushing for the Darren Drake Act to pass in the Senate.  
Darren was killed in the 2017 West Side Highway terrorist truck attack. 
Rep. Josh Gottheimer joined the parents of Darren Drake to push for the bill.  
The bill would strengthen information collected by car dealers and rental companies to deter lone-wolf terrorists from committing similar attacks. 
"When that perpetrator killed my son, our son, and seven others, he wasn't looking for Black, white, male, female, straight, gay. He was looking for Americans," says Drake’s father, Jimmy.  
The bill would also strengthen suspicious activity reporting.