We're Publishing Thousands of Police Discipline Records That New York Kept Secret for Decades:

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ProPublica obtained these police records from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. NYPD unions are suing to halt the city from making the data public.

Soon after, ProPublica asked New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, or CCRB, for a list of officers, along with the complaints against them, and what discipline, if any, had been recommended.

Today, we are making this information public and, with it, providing an unprecedented picture of civilians’ complaints of abuse by NYPD officers as well as the limits of the current system that is supposed to hold officers accountable. We’ve published a database that lets you search the police complaints so you can see the information for yourself. Data experts can also download the data.

The database lists active-duty officers who’ve had at least one allegation against them substantiated by the CCRB: That’s about 4,000 officers out of the NYPD’s 36,000-member force.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-civilian-complaint-review-board-editors-note

much more info at the link.

[Me.]

1. So Only About 11% Of A Few Bad Apples

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2. and that's reported...

there's a whole lot of people that walk away, and are just thankful to be walking.

[Me.]

4. Exactly

There's going to have to be a new think coming

[RockRaven]

3. 4000 of NYPD's 36K active officers have had a *SUBSTANTIATED* misconduct allegation

One out of every nine active NYPD cops! When police apologists exclaim "not all cops" and are rebutted with "yes all cops" this is why.

Could you imagine if one out of nine school teachers were documented to have abused their students?

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5. Substantiated complaints

1. Many complaints were not filed out of fear of retaliation. Others didn't know the system. Still others were only visiting when it happened and decided not to file. A myriad other reasons explain why other complaints were not filed.

2. How many complaint were considered not substantiated because the complaining party got scared and didn't follow through? How many complaints were not substantiated because it was only his word against the cop's word? Etc.

In other words, I think the number of substantiated complaints considerably underestimates the problem with brutal cops. Yet 11% of the force is a staggering amount.

I wonder how many of these 11% are in a supervisory role or involved in training rookies.

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6. Thank you Probublica.