Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Last Halloween, my wife and then-6-year-old daughter were making their way home after trick-or-treating in Brooklyn. Suddenly, an unmarked NYPD car with sirens wailing began speeding against traffic up a one-way street, our neighborhood’s main thoroughfare. The officer seemed to be going after a few teenage boys.Then, in an instant, the car hit one of the kids.It was the first of many jarring things my family saw the NYPD do that...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Last Halloween, my wife and then-6-year-old daughter were making their way home after trick-or-treating in Brooklyn. Suddenly, an unmarked NYPD car with sirens wailing began speeding against traffic up a one-way street, our neighborhood’s main thoroughfare. The officer seemed to be going after a few teenage boys.Then, in an instant, the car hit one of the kids.It was the first of many jarring things my family saw the NYPD do that...WW…

by , and , July 26, 2020.This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated.Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit.After New York state repealed a law that kept police disciplinary records secret, ProPublica sought records from the civilian board that investigates complaints by the public about New York City police officers. The board provided us with the closed cases of every active-duty police officer who had at least one substantiated allegation against them. The records span decades, from September 1985 to January 2020. We have...…by , and , July 26, 2020.This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated.Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit.After New York state repealed a law that kept police disciplinary records secret, ProPublica sought records from the civilian board that investigates complaints by the public about New York City police officers. The board provided us with the closed cases of every active-duty police officer who had at least one substantiated allegation against them. The records span decades, from September 1985 to January 2020. We have...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Until last month, New York state prohibited the release of police officers’ disciplinary records. Civilians’ complaints of abuse by officers were a secret. So were investigators’ conclusions. The public couldn’t even know if an officer was punished.The New York City police officer whose use of a prohibited chokehold led to the death of Eric Garner in 2014 had a record of misconduct. Garner’s last words — “I can’t breathe” — became...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Until last month, New York state prohibited the release of police officers’ disciplinary records. Civilians’ complaints of abuse by officers were a secret. So were investigators’ conclusions. The public couldn’t even know if an officer was punished.The New York City police officer whose use of a prohibited chokehold led to the death of Eric Garner in 2014 had a record of misconduct. Garner’s last words — “I can’t breathe” — became...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Like many cities, New York City began equipping its police officers with body-worn cameras a few years ago. The footage is often invaluable evidence for the civilian agency charged with investigating complaints about NYPD abuses.But first, the agency’s investigators need to get the footage. And increasingly, the NYPD is not turning it over.Subscribe to the Big Story newsletter.In May, New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Like many cities, New York City began equipping its police officers with body-worn cameras a few years ago. The footage is often invaluable evidence for the civilian agency charged with investigating complaints about NYPD abuses.But first, the agency’s investigators need to get the footage. And increasingly, the NYPD is not turning it over.Subscribe to the Big Story newsletter.In May, New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board...WW…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.It has become a familiar pattern: President Donald Trump says something that doesn’t line up with the facts held by scientists and other experts at government agencies. Then, instead of pushing back, federal officials scramble to reconcile the fiction with their own public statements.It happened in March, when Trump pushed his opinion that antimalarial drugs could treat COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued that lent credence to the president’s...…ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.It has become a familiar pattern: President Donald Trump says something that doesn’t line up with the facts held by scientists and other experts at government agencies. Then, instead of pushing back, federal officials scramble to reconcile the fiction with their own public statements.It happened in March, when Trump pushed his opinion that antimalarial drugs could treat COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued that lent credence to the president’s...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Twenty months after Kawaski Trawick was shot and killed by an officer, the New York Police Department has disclosed the nearly full footage of what happened. It shows not only the shooting itself, which the department released footage of last month, but also the minutes afterward.Other officers converged on the building in the Bronx after the officer who fired at Trawick reported “shots fired.” Many of the arriving officers...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Twenty months after Kawaski Trawick was shot and killed by an officer, the New York Police Department has disclosed the nearly full footage of what happened. It shows not only the shooting itself, which the department released footage of last month, but also the minutes afterward.Other officers converged on the building in the Bronx after the officer who fired at Trawick reported “shots fired.” Many of the arriving officers...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.The chair of New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board is calling for a fundamental shift in how NYPD officers are disciplined for abuse of civilians.The Rev. Fred Davie, who has led the board since April 2018, said last week the police commissioner should no longer be the final arbiter of discipline in cases investigated by the CCRB.“I’ll go where others dare not tread and hope I still have my position tomorrow morning,”...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.The chair of New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board is calling for a fundamental shift in how NYPD officers are disciplined for abuse of civilians.The Rev. Fred Davie, who has led the board since April 2018, said last week the police commissioner should no longer be the final arbiter of discipline in cases investigated by the CCRB.“I’ll go where others dare not tread and hope I still have my position tomorrow morning,”...WW…

Kawaski Trawick.Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story was .Ellen Trawick had long been skeptical of the New York Police Department’s account of how her firstborn son was killed by an officer last year in the Bronx.The NYPD had announced on April 15, 2019, that there had been a “Police Involved Shooting” the night before. It said Kawaski Trawick, 32 years old and Black, had been fatally shot when he charged at officers with a knife and a stick. “It escalated...…Kawaski Trawick.Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story was .Ellen Trawick had long been skeptical of the New York Police Department’s account of how her firstborn son was killed by an officer last year in the Bronx.The NYPD had announced on April 15, 2019, that there had been a “Police Involved Shooting” the night before. It said Kawaski Trawick, 32 years old and Black, had been fatally shot when he charged at officers with a knife and a stick. “It escalated...WW…

SHARESHAREThis story is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that .ProPublica is working with , / and  to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected the two — a 16-year-old and 21-year-old, both male and Black — of carrying...…SHARESHAREThis story is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that .ProPublica is working with , / and  to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected the two — a 16-year-old and 21-year-old, both male and Black — of carrying...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected...WW…