Police Brutality

NYPD

NYPD Chief Ordered Ex-Cop’s Arrest Voided After Gun Chase, Review Finds

April 19, 2023, 5:05 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:45 p.m.

Jeffrey Maddrey overrode a Brooklyn police sergeant’s decision to book a former colleague who pursued three boys in Brownsville — with his firearm drawn, they say.

Criminal Justice

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

March 31, 2023, 7:12 p.m.April 1, 2023, 1:34 p.m.

A raft of proposals that progressive and anti-incarceration activists have been pushing for will likely have to wait until next year.

Public Safety

Watchdog Off Duty: NYPD Has Been Without a Permanent Inspector General for More Than a Year

March 15, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 15, 2023, 7:10 a.m.

An interim IG has released just one report on the city’s police department this year, as staff shortages render a city oversight body toothless.

An NYPD officer wears a body camera while keeping watch on a protest in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Jan. 20, 2021.

How to New York

How to Film the NYPD or Get Body Camera Footage

March 9, 2023, 5:19 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:40 p.m.

Here are some tips New Yorkers should know about getting video of the police behaving badly.

NYPD

WATCH: Videos Show NYPD Chiefs Intervened Before Voiding of Ex-Cop’s Gun Arrest

March 9, 2023, 5:18 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:24 p.m.

Retired officer Kruythoff Forrester was accused of menacing three youths in 2021, but his arrest was voided about an hour after two top cops showed up at the Brownsville precinct house.

Civilian Complaint Review Board

CCRB Police Misconduct Investigations Now Take, on Average, More than 19 Months to Close, New Data Show

Oct. 6, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 5, 2022, 7:45 p.m.

An audit by the state comptroller documents growing lags in investigating civilian complaints, in part due to delays from the NYPD — and the problem is only getting worse.

Courts

Police-Brutality Protester Gets 18 Months for Sabotaging NYPD Van — With Paid Informant

Oct. 5, 2022, 5:52 p.m.Oct. 5, 2022, 5:52 p.m.

Jeremy Trapp’s lawyer says he was easily influenced by a police source, but the young man was also convicted for a pandemic loan-fraud scheme that was uncovered during the course of the brake-line-cutting investigation.

NYPD

Cop Who Bragged About Ripping Down Mask to Pepper Spray Protester Escapes Discipline for Use of Force

Aug. 29, 2022, 3:01 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

NYPD Officer Michael Sher was only docked 10 vacation days for failing to file paperwork on the 2020 incident amid anti-police-brutality rallies.

An NYPD officer monitors an anti-vaccine mandate protest at the MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, Feb. 7, 2022.

Criminal Justice

Bad Cops Not Getting Punishment They Deserve, Says Corruption Commission

July 10, 2022, 8:00 p.m.July 11, 2022, 9:28 a.m.

In its first report since the pandemic began, the Commission to Combat Police Corruption says several cops who should have been fired for terrible behavior and lies were allowed to keep their jobs.

How to New York

Know Your Rights With the NYPD’s New ‘Neighborhood Safety Teams’

March 21, 2022, 8:36 p.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 2:32 p.m.

The street-crime police units are back under Mayor Adams with a new name. Officials say they will be looking for guns in 30 precincts. Can you record them on your phone? Do they have to provide ID? We answer these questions and more.

Police Brutality

NYPD Chief Ordered Ex-Cop’s Arrest Voided After Gun Chase, Review Finds

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

Watchdog Off Duty: NYPD Has Been Without a Permanent Inspector General for More Than a Year

How to Film the NYPD or Get Body Camera Footage

WATCH: Videos Show NYPD Chiefs Intervened Before Voiding of Ex-Cop’s Gun Arrest

CCRB Police Misconduct Investigations Now Take, on Average, More than 19 Months to Close, New Data Show

Police-Brutality Protester Gets 18 Months for Sabotaging NYPD Van — With Paid Informant

Cop Who Bragged About Ripping Down Mask to Pepper Spray Protester Escapes Discipline for Use of Force

Bad Cops Not Getting Punishment They Deserve, Says Corruption Commission

Know Your Rights With the NYPD’s New ‘Neighborhood Safety Teams’

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