NYPD disciplinary records reveal a host of substantiated complaints
By Aaron Feis
New York Post
July 26, 2020
One in nine NYPD officers has had a complaint against them substantiated, according to ProPublica, which on Sunday released a massive trove of NYPD disciplinary records obtained following the recent repeal of a state law keeping them under wraps.
With a court battle still raging over the records — led by NYPD unions, which argue in part that the releases could tarnish cops’ reputations by including allegations that were ultimately unsubstantiated — the outlet restricted its database to active-duty cops who had at least one case against them substantiated by the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.
But that still amounts to some 3,996 officers — or approximately one-in-nine active-duty Finest.
The database includes all allegations filed against cops fitting the bill, substantiated or otherwise, spanning Sept. 1985 through Jan. 2020.
They are further broken down into four categories: “Abuse of Authority” (totaling 20,292 allegations), “Force” (7,636), “Discourtesy” (4.677) and “Offensive Language” (753).
ProPublica number-crunchers found that some 34 officers in the database have faced 40 or more allegations, while 303 have had five or more substantiated allegations, yet stayed on the job.
A judge temporarily blocked the city from releasing the data on unsubstantiated claims amid a legal challenge by police, fire and jail-guard unions.
Citing the pending litigation, the NYPD declined to comment on the publication of the data.
A spokeswoman referred The Post to the city Law Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
With a court battle still raging over the records — led by NYPD unions, which argue in part that the releases could tarnish cops’ reputations by including allegations that were ultimately unsubstantiated — the outlet restricted its database to active-duty cops who had at least one case against them substantiated by the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.
But that still amounts to some 3,996 officers — or approximately one-in-nine active-duty Finest.
The database includes all allegations filed against cops fitting the bill, substantiated or otherwise, spanning Sept. 1985 through Jan. 2020.
They are further broken down into four categories: “Abuse of Authority” (totaling 20,292 allegations), “Force” (7,636), “Discourtesy” (4.677) and “Offensive Language” (753).
ProPublica number-crunchers found that some 34 officers in the database have faced 40 or more allegations, while 303 have had five or more substantiated allegations, yet stayed on the job.
A judge temporarily blocked the city from releasing the data on unsubstantiated claims amid a legal challenge by police, fire and jail-guard unions.
Citing the pending litigation, the NYPD declined to comment on the publication of the data.
A spokeswoman referred The Post to the city Law Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 34 officers have faced 40 or more allegations but are still on the job? They must have caught the commissioner fucking his secretary in his office.
1 comment:
Reminds me a a Lt. long ago that was written up. He was mainly administrative duties and as such kept the offices personnel files up to date. He promptly removed the write up from his file. About month later while working the files he saw his write up back in his file. Everyone in the office heard him say, "What the Hell?"
As he exited the file room carrying the write up to the shredder, someone asked what was wrong? Nothing.
That same write up was placed back in his file several times. He never knew who was doing it because he had the only key to the file cabinet.
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