Photo Credit: Daniel Zender, special to ProPublica By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica; Topher Sanders, ProPublica and Nate Schweber, ProPublica Christopher McCormack is one of the New York Police Department’s highest-ranking officers. As an assistant chief, he helps oversee drug enforcement and organized crime investigations throughout the city. He was hand-picked for the promotion two years ago […]
New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board made 212 requests for body-worn camera footage in May. The NYPD sent only 33 responses, according to a memo obtained by ProPublica.
NYPD sleeve patch shield on a police officer patrol in Manhattan. Protect public from terror threats and ensure safety in popular city and target for attacks. (Shutterstock) By Eric Umansky, ProPublica Like many cities, New York City began equipping its police officers with body-worn cameras a few years ago. The footage is often invaluable evidence […]
By Gabriel Sandoval and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY As summer begins, audio sensors placed around New York by ShotSpotter Inc. have a lot more to listen for — and account for. Shootings doubled in June compared with the same period last year, NYPD statistics show. Meanwhile, fireworks, which can sometimes trigger the gunshot-detection technology, have been exploding […]
By Hannah L. F. Cooper and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Urban Matters Excessive police violence has become an inescapable reality in the United States. Some of us have learned to scan the sidewalks and streets for officers from the moment we lock our door behind us to the moment we reach our destination. Some of us […]
Deputy Inspector Peter Andrea addresses Inwood on June 2 in video from YouTube. Screengrab/Save Dyckman/YouTube By Peter Senzamici, THE CITY The commander of an Inwood police precinct was seen on video unofficially deputizing a group of at least 100 people in a Duane Reade parking lot last week — complete with color-coded armbands — and […]
Peaceful protest demonstration against police brutality demanding justice for George Floyd at Union Square, Manhattan during the day. Armed policemen. Manhattan, New York, USA – June 4, 2020 (Shutterstock) New York, NY—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition, Until Freedom, and New York Communities for Change released a blistering ad targeting the responses of Mayor Blasio and Governor […]
Reports by the city’s Commission to Combat Police Corruption offer a rare peek into a secretive disciplinary system that critics say for years has protected bad cops.
Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Yoav Gonen, Peter Senzamici, and Carson Kessler, THE CITY A third-year New York City cop who threw his live-in girlfriend on the couch and punched her in the face was suspended for 30 days and required to undergo counseling. Another NYPD officer, who lied about intentionally shutting an emergency subway […]
NYPD officers drove vehicles into protesters in Brooklyn Saturday night. Devin Khan is in white shirt near top of SUV on left. Screengrab/@pgarapon/Instagram By Virginia Breen, THE CITY Two Brooklyn friends hit by an NYPD SUV that surged into a crowd of protesters Saturday say cops later pepper-sprayed them and struck them with batons — […]
President of PBA Patrick Lynch speaks during NYC Police Benevolent Association thanks staff at LIJMC – New Hyde Park, NY – April 23, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY With state lawmakers set to consider nixing a law that bars the public release of police misconduct records, the city’s most powerful police union […]
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams distributes PPE to Bed-Stuy EMS volunteers. – Brooklyn, New York/USA April 25, 2020 (Shutterstock) Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who’s thinking about running for mayor next year, spent 22 years in the NYPD before going into politics, retiring as a captain in 2006. During that time, he founded an […]
