There is scant reason to remember Pennsylvania police-killer Robert Flor, but we have every reason to remember and honor Brian Gregg, the police officer Flor killed 11 years ago, by passing a law that in many instances would keep law enforcement officers from having to put themselves at the unnecessary risk that led to Gregg’s horrific murder.

On Sept. 29, 2005, Gregg and his partner James Warunek, both with the Newtown police department in Bucks County, arrested Flor for drunken driving and domestic assault. They took Flor, handcuffed, to a nearby hospital emergency room for collection of blood and urine samples — standard procedure for many police departments.

Officer Warunek took Flor into a bathroom stall for the urine sample and uncuffed him. Flor grabbed the officer’s gun and shot both officers in the chest. He shot and wounded an ER worker too.

Then Flor returned to Gregg, shot him twice more in the head while shouting, “Die, pig, die!”

Flor ran away but eventually was captured hiding in the hospital’s parking garage. Warunek and the ER worker recovered from their injuries.

Flor pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 2006 and asked for a jury to decide his sentence. After a lengthy hearing, the jury deliberated just 90 minutes before returning with a death verdict.

The presiding judge, quoting the defendant, said “the punk got what he deserved” when he sentenced Flor.

Flor remains on death row at Graterford State Prison in Montgomery County.

Two Bucks County Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow paramedics to draw blood from DUI suspects for local police departments.

State Reps. Frank Farry and Gene DiGirolamo say House Bill 2058 — the Officer Brian Gregg Act — would reduce the wait time for test results and reduce the times offenders are in emergency rooms.

Taking DUI suspects to hospitals for a blood-alcohol test increases the time an officer is unavailable and raises the likelihood of an unsafe situation occurring in a public setting.

The bill makes profound sense. EMTS are highly trained and qualified to collect and process blood samples not only at the scene of an incident but also at the police station or jail.

When EMTs can collect biological evidence away from the emergency room, it keeps potentially dangerous individuals away from the vulnerable public setting of a hospital emergency room. It also returns police more quickly to their patrols, where they are most needed.

HB2058 honors police officers who put their lives at risk by doing their jobs. The law makes their jobs — and us — just a little safer.

Legislators and Gov. Tom Wolf should not hesitate to support it.