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NYPD Oversight Board Overturned Hundreds of Its Own Police Misconduct Findings

May 4, 2021, 8:01 p.m.May 5, 2021, 9:35 a.m.

Internal analysis found 585 allegations from 2014 to mid-2020 in which Civilian Complaint Review Board investigators confirmed police misconduct — but the board voted to clear the cops of wrongdoing.

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Misconduct Complaints Trailed NYPD Commissioner Shea and Other Police Brass’ Rise to the Top

March 22, 2021, 8:54 p.m.March 22, 2021, 8:54 p.m.

The NYPD leader and four deputies accumulated at least one allegation substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board — and so did his predecessor, James O’Neill. Some of incidents recall the height of stop-and-frisk.

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Video Shows Cleared NYPD Cop Shoving Prodigy Funeral-Goer Into Traffic

March 17, 2021, 9:51 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

A departmental trial judge found the officer guilty of misconduct in the incident outside the Mobb Deep rapper’s wake. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea overturned the verdict. The video was released after THE CITY pressed Mayor de Blasio.

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Secret NYPD Misconduct Records Jump Closer to Release Under Court Ruling. But de Blasio’s Not Making Them Public Just Yet

Feb. 16, 2021, 7:17 p.m.Feb. 16, 2021, 10:20 p.m.

A federal appeals dismissed union arguments of potential harm to cops. Now the city awaits the final OK to unleash potentially explosive documents — including complaints against the NYPD’s last two commissioners.

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Police Abuse Watchdog Fired Four Investigators for Speaking Out on NYPD Body-Camera Stall, Lawsuit Charges

Jan. 26, 2021, 8:01 p.m.Jan. 27, 2021, 7:44 a.m.

Four former investigators at the city’s police watchdog charge they were fired for speaking out against NYPD officials for withholding potentially damning cop body camera footage captured during last year’s racial justice protests. The quartet of ex-Civilian Complaint Review Board employees contends in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that police brass stalled probes — and […]

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De Blasio Touts Pact to Fire NYPD Cops for Chokeholds as THE CITY and ProPublica Spotlight Officers Who Kept Jobs

Jan. 21, 2021, 6:23 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Under new agreement between the NYPD and its civilian watchdog, most police officers found to have used the illegal, potentially deadly maneuver will be terminated — a tougher penalty than first proposed.

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Still Can’t Breathe: How NYPD Officers Continue to Use Chokeholds on Civilians

Jan. 21, 2021, 5:00 a.m.May 30, 2024, 1:24 p.m.

More than six years after the police killing of Eric Garner, officers with substantiated claims of abuse go without any meaningful punishment.

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NYPD Watchdog Board’s Bid to Probe Police Sexual Misconduct Gets Public Airing

Jan. 12, 2021, 8:31 p.m.Jan. 12, 2021, 8:31 p.m.

Civilian Complaint Review Board move to investigate allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape gets backing from legal groups and survivor advocates — and a warning from police unions that the oversight board is crossing a line.

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NYPD Watchdog Revamping Rules on Cop Sexual Misconduct Investigations

Nov. 10, 2020, 5:02 p.m.Nov. 10, 2020, 5:02 p.m.

Civilian Complaint Review Board seeks public comment on proposed push to probe cops accused of sexually offensive or abusive behavior, after police-union pushback derailed efforts.

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The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse

Aug. 17, 2020, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 18, 2020, 11:53 a.m.

The NYPD has regularly failed to turn over key records and videos to police abuse investigators at New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. “This just seems like contempt,” said the now-retired judge who ordered the NYPD to use body cameras.

Civilian Complaint Review Board

NYPD Oversight Board Overturned Hundreds of Its Own Police Misconduct Findings

Misconduct Complaints Trailed NYPD Commissioner Shea and Other Police Brass’ Rise to the Top

Video Shows Cleared NYPD Cop Shoving Prodigy Funeral-Goer Into Traffic

Secret NYPD Misconduct Records Jump Closer to Release Under Court Ruling. But de Blasio’s Not Making Them Public Just Yet

Police Abuse Watchdog Fired Four Investigators for Speaking Out on NYPD Body-Camera Stall, Lawsuit Charges

De Blasio Touts Pact to Fire NYPD Cops for Chokeholds as THE CITY and ProPublica Spotlight Officers Who Kept Jobs

Still Can’t Breathe: How NYPD Officers Continue to Use Chokeholds on Civilians

NYPD Watchdog Board’s Bid to Probe Police Sexual Misconduct Gets Public Airing

NYPD Watchdog Revamping Rules on Cop Sexual Misconduct Investigations

The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse

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