Police Union Sues NYPD Watchdog to Turn Back Clock and Make Misconduct Records Secret
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Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Board officials confirmed that the practice, which had not been publicly disclosed until Hell Gate revealed it earlier this month, is meant to protect NYPD officers' reputations.
The agency tasked with holding the NYPD accountable is letting cops accused of lying to its own investigators off the hook.
"I feel like the CCRB is covering police officers' tracks and making sure that they don't get in trouble, or they just receive slaps on the wrist."
Asked point-blank at a public hearing what they're up to, CCRB members Pat Smith and Joseph Fox stayed mum.
For the second time in as many months, a Civilian Complaint Review Board panel reversed a large volume of cases where investigators had found evidence of police misconduct.
Civilian Complaint Review Board investigators found evidence of 190 acts of police misconduct in recent cases. Board members made half of them disappear.
Maddrey’s attorney placed the blame for the whole 2021 incident on “prevaricating teenagers who lied” and an “inexperienced sergeant.”