“NYPD Disciplinary System is Hopelessly Broken” says LatinoJustice After New Report by Federal Monitor
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September 23, 2024
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“NYPD Disciplinary System is Hopelessly Broken” says LatinoJustice After New Report by Federal Monitor
New York, NY – A new report on NYPD Police Misconduct and Discipline by Judge James Yates has been released providing fifty-one recommendations aimed at addressing the practice of illegal stop-and-frisk stops by New York City Police officers.
In light of this report LatinoJustice has provided the following statement that can be attributed to Andrew Case, Supervising Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF:
“Ten years into a federal monitorship, the NYPD still stops and frisks Black and Latino New Yorkers at disproportionately higher rates. Today the monitor reported why—the department fails to punish officers who commit unlawful stops as part of its policy of encouraging illegal searches. As the monitor reported in its 500-page report, “officers rarely, if ever, receive a penalty for unconstitutional stops/frisks/or searches – even when substantiated by CCRB.” The report is filled with examples of the NYPD refusing to punish officers who conduct unlawful stops, beat or tase New Yorkers, all without providing any explanation for the decision as required by law.
“Simply put, the report proves that the NYPD’s disciplinary system is hopelessly broken. Accountability for misconduct will never come if disciplinary authority remains in the hands of the police commissioner—even if Mayor Adams can find a commissioner who isn’t under federal investigation. Elected officials, and ultimately the courts, must remove the disciplinary authority from the Commissioner and impose real accountability on officers who break the law.”
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