New York, NY – Complaints Against NYPD Reached All-Time High in 2009

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    New York, NY – The city’s police watchdog agency released a report today showing that a record number of complaints against police officers was filed in 2009.

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    The Civilian Complaint Review Board says that last year a total of 7,674 New Yorkers complained about police misconduct, an all-time high.

    The New York Civil Liberties Union’s Associate Director Chris Dunn says he’s alarmed that a majority of cases of proven misconduct don’t result in any disciplinary action.

    “The cases are there, they’re being investigated, there is no question there is serious misconduct,” Dunn says. “The problem is, the police department, the mayor’s office have just decided they don’t care about this.”

    NYPD Spokesman Paul Browne says the number of complaints simply shows the public’s confidence that the system works. Browne says the department does track the complaints and use them to identify problem conduct by officers.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    I filed a complained with the CCRB for police misconduct and after going to court 3 times and appealing 2 times the last judge took the complaint serious and dismissed all the bogus charges. Always file a complaint and even if you loose the first time just keep appealing until one judge will take it into account. The cops hate it but a lot of them have lost all respect for the laws they supposed to uphold.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    wake up brothers, this ticket-blitz phenomenon is a “quality of life issue”, they are out ro get you for anything, no surprize we (new yorkers) are the least happiest in the nation.

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    14 years ago

    WHAT if i get an unjust ticket?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    “NYPD Spokesman Paul Browne says the number of complaints simply shows the public’s confidence that the system works.”

    Huh, what does that mean?