[New York Civil Liberties Union]
NYCLU: “The repeal of 50-a opened the door for an unprecedented level of transparency into how police departments across New York have policed themselves and handled officer misconduct.”
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NYCLU Launches Statewide Police Misconduct Transparency Campaign
NYCLU: New Database Exposes Extensive History of NYPD Abuse
[NYPD Complaint Database]
NYCLU: “One thing that immediately jumps out from the database is just how few officers are seriously punished when they abuse New Yorkers. The database contains information about 323,911 complaints about 81,550 different officers, but only 8,698 complaints – fewer than three percent – led to an NYPD penalty.”
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