The #NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated.
It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the current #police commissioner, Edward Caban, critics say.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-tossed-out-police-misconduct-discipline-cases-edward-caban
"The cases were fully investigated and substantiated by the city’s #police oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and sent to the #NYPD for disciplinary action…
The practice of killing cases without review began three years ago as a way to cope with escalating caseloads that were approaching a deadline for discipline. But ProPublica found it has become more frequent under Police Commissioner Edward Caban."
https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-tossed-out-police-misconduct-discipline-cases-edward-caban
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