The alleged actions of two former NYPD detectives have caught the attention of a Councilman in Brooklyn and a State Assembly Member from Queens.  

Both are proposing legislation that would make it a crime for all law enforcement officers in New York to have sexual contact with people in their custody.

Earlier this month, Detectives Eddie Martins and Richard Hall resigned from the department amid accusations they raped an 18 year old woman in their custody.

The alleged victim was arrested in September on charges of carrying marijuana and an anti-anxiety drug.

The officers then allegedly sexually assaulted her in a police van.

Both men have pleaded not guilty and their lawyer claims the sex was consensual.

Brooklyn Councilman Mark Treyger is seeking to put a law on the books that would specify all sexual contact between an NYPD officer and someone in their custody as being non-consensual.

If passed the measure would make the interaction a misdemeanor.

Treyger has partnered with Queens Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, to file a similar bill on the state level, making such contact a felony.  

Currently state laws only specify that inmates and parolees can’t give sexual consent to corrections and parole officers but there are no provisions for those in the custody of police or peace officers.

"People want to feel safe when they are in police custody and having this added protection will be a disincentive for those rare bad actors in the police department," said Braunstein (D-Queens).

Both pieces of legislation have the support of Safe Horizon, the nation’s leading victim assistance organization, and Public Advocate Letitcia James who said "the vast majority of officers are hardworking and deeply principled".