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NYC Department of Investigation Confirms What Everyone Already Knew: Cops Aren’t Doing Anything About Parking Permit Abuse

When City investigators reported parking permit violations, police enforced the rules zero percent of the time.

April 3, 2024

The NYPD Is Posting by the Seat of Its Pants

As the department gets increasingly pugnacious on social media, its policies governing official posts remain inexplicably secret.

April 2, 2024

Eric Adams: Defund the Police Oversight

The Civilian Complaint Review Board's budget has been so decimated that it has already stopped investigating whole categories of police misconduct.

March 21, 2024

Top Aide to Mayor Adams Accused of Sexually Harassing NYPD Sergeant and Retaliating Against Her for Reporting It

The lawsuit against Timothy Pearson is the third instance of a member of the mayor's inner circle being accused of sexual misconduct against a lower-ranking NYPD officer.

March 21, 2024

​​The NYPD Sent a Warrantless Subpoena for a Copwatcher’s Social Media Account, but Won’t Defend It in Court

What does the NYPD want with the social media data from a police accountability account?

March 11, 2024

NYPD Chief Is Running an Online Swag Shop to ‘Fund Office Supplies Such as Water, Coffee, Snacks’

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell calls his shop a 501(c)3 organization. It's registered as a non-charitable corporation.

March 5, 2024

NYPD Chief Wrongfully Accuses a Judge Then Insists That the Lesson Here Is That the NYPD Is Trustworthy: A Play in Three Acts

The lesson? The NYPD should be entrusted with the fate of people's lives without benefit of a trial.

Can Top NYPD Officials Pick a Fight with Someone on Social Media and Then Delete the Posts?

What happens when public officials memory-hole their tweets?

February 23, 2024