The civilian oversight group made the recommendations after reviewing hundreds of complaints against police tactics during the racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd. Source: New York Times
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N.Y.P.D. Commissioner and First Deputy File for Retirement
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2021
Commissioner Dermot Shea and his first deputy, Benjamin Tucker, each served in the Police Department for more than two decades. Source: New York Times
Officer Faces Discipline 5 Years After Killing Mentally Ill Woman
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
Acquitted of murder in the death of Deborah Danner, Sgt. Hugh Barry is being brought up on administrative charges in a long-delayed hearing. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Highway Officer Killed by Drunk Driver, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on April 27, 2021
Anastasio Tsakos was directing traffic on the Long Island Expressway overnight when he was struck by a woman who the police said was intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D.’s Robot Dog Returns to Work, Touching Off a Backlash
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2021
Deployed at a public housing building, the device drew condemnation as a stark example of police power and misplaced priorities. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Man Kills Woman and Her Two Daughters, Then Himself
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
A 9-year-old girl returning home from a birthday celebration found her mother and two sisters had been murdered, the police said. Source: New York Times
He Was Charged in an Anti-Asian Attack. It Was His 33rd Arrest.
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
Many people arrested in assaults on Asian residents in New York have had a history of mental health episodes, arrests and homelessness, complicating the city’s search for an effective response. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Anti-Harassment Official Fired Over Racist Online Rants
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
An investigation found that Deputy Inspector James F. Kobel had called former President Barack Obama a “Muslim savage” and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s biracial son “a brillohead.” Source: New York Times
Violence Surged in N.Y.C. in 2020 Amid Pandemic and Protests
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
A time without precedent saw huge increases in homicides and shootings in the city as some other types of crime plummeted. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Badly Mishandled George Floyd Protests, Watchdog Says
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
“I look back with remorse,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a city oversight agency found the department’s tactics “produced excessive enforcement.” Source: New York Times
6 Are Shot in Brooklyn as N.Y.C.’s Summer of Violence Spills Into Fall
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2020
Shootings that plagued the city for most of the summer have not abated, and some city leaders question whether the police have backed off enforcement. Source: New York Times
The Mayor Blames the Virus for Shootings. Here’s What Crime Data Shows.
By Gotham Rex on August 4, 2020
Mr. de Blasio has pointed to court delays and bail reform to explain the surge in gun violence. But the N.Y.P.D.’s own numbers tell a different story. Source: New York Times
These Remarks Might Get a Police Chief Fired. Not in New York.
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2020
The police commissioner’s pointed criticism — and the fact that he still has his job — speaks to the mayor’s fraught relationship with the Police Department. Source: New York Times
Two Teenagers Are Among 8 Killed on Deadly Day in New York City
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2020
The spate of shootings on Sunday came as the city wrestles with a spike in violence unlike anything it has seen in decades. Source: New York Times
Shootings Have Soared. Is the N.Y.P.D. Pulling Back?
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2020
As shootings go unsolved, some elected officials think that officers are staging a slowdown. But the department says it is stretched thin. Source: New York Times