New York Regulations Allow Cops Stripped of Training Credentials to Be Rehired

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Scott Hechinger
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It is nearly impossible to face any consequences or accountability at all as a cop. And even in the rare case where conduct is so egregious & violent they get decertified & fired, they just get rehired. This incentive structure is part of why cops kill.

New York Regulations Allow Cops Stripped of Training Credentials to Be Rehired - New York Focus
Police officers who were decertified by state regulators went on to find work at other departments and public safety agencies, records show.
nysfocus.com
8:52 AM · Jul 8, 2021

https://www.nysfocus.com/2021/07/08/decertified-police-rehired/

Dominic Caprario lay handcuffed on the asphalt as the punches came down. The first officer hit him repeatedly in the back of the head, Caprario recalled, leading him to shield his face against the rubber tire of the squad car. A second officer walked over and stomped Caprario’s face with the heel of a steel-toed Timberland boot.

According to interviews with Caprario, along with medical records and documents from a subsequent civil rights lawsuit, the 2011 incident began when two Staten Island police officers pulled Caprario from his double-parked car and accused him of buying drugs. It was Officer Anthony J. Egan who initiated the violence, Caprario recalled, attempting to shut the trunk on Caprario’s fingers, throwing him against the hood of his car, and punching the 24-year-old as he lay restrained. “Egan went nuts,” Caprario said.

Egan denied the allegations in court and did not respond to requests for comment.

Across a 10-year career at the New York Police Department, Egan cost New York City over $437,000 in seven separate civil rights lawsuits, including the one filed by Caprario, accusing the officer of excessive force, false arrests, and false testimony.

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[crickets]

1. This can't go on. It has to change. nt