New NYPD Database Offers Narrow Glimpse At Police Disciplinary Records
arrow NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference in February. John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock
The NYPD released its first set of internal police disciplinary records on Monday, publishing an online database that critics say falls short of the sweeping transparency initiative that Mayor Bill de Blasio promised last year.
The release comes almost nine months after racial justice protests pushed state lawmakers to repeal a controversial statute, known as 50-a, that had for decades allowed police departments across New York to shield misconduct records from public view.
NYPD posts discipline records, critics say many still hidden
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N Y P D Releases Secret Misconduct Records After Repeal of Shield Law
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N.Y.P.D. Releases Secret Misconduct Records After Repeal of Shield Law
Inspired by racial justice protests, the Legislature repealed a law blocking police misconduct records from scrutiny. Now the outcomes of thousands of cases are available online.
Unions for police officers have fought hard to keep disciplinary records from becoming public, but a federal appeals panel dealt them a defeat.Credit.John Minchillo/Associated Press
March 8, 2021
Nearly nine months after New York lawmakers, inspired by mass protests over police brutality, repealed a law that kept the discipline records of officers secret for decades, the New York Police Department on Monday began publishing some of the sealed information.