A new report by a police watchdog group is calling on the NYPD’s new inspector general to open investigations into police policies and practices that they consider to be “problematic.”
Communities United for Police Reform released a new report – Priori
The NYPD Inspector General’s responsibilities include investigations, reviews and audits of systemic NYPD issues, resulting in recommendations to improve the NYPD’s policies, programs, practices, and operations – with the goal of enhancing the department’s effectiveness, improving public safety and protecting the rights of all New Yorkers.
This report outlines CPR’s recommendations for nine areas that the NYPD Inspector General should consider for investigation, review, study and audit, in order to issue findings and recommendations that will improve public safety and protect the rights of all New Yorkers. The first six represent areas that should be considered priorities in the first year of the Inspector General’s tenure.
Este reporte delinea las recomendaciones de CPR en nueve áreas que el Inspector General del NYPD debe considerar para su investigación, revisión, estudio y auditoría, con el objetivo de resolver descubrimientos y recomendaciones en cuanto a asuntos que mejorarán la seguridad pública y protegerán los derechos de todos/as los/as neoyorquinos/as. Las primeras seis representan áreas que deben ser consideradas como prioridades para la agenda de trabajo del primer año del Inspector General.
“Today’s appointment of Philip Eure as the first NYPD inspector general is a step towards beginning the process of ensuring true accountability and oversight for the NYPD, something that has been absent in our city. Members of the Communities United for Police Reform campaign and allies strongly advocated for the establishment of this position because we know that the NYPD cannot police itself.
Communities United for Police Reform released the following statements in response to New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s announcement that she will not support an amended version of the anti-profiling bill – Intro 800 – of the Community Safety Act pending in the City Council.
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement today from spokesperson Joo-Hyun Kang on the results of the Quinnipiac poll released today showing an overwhelming majority of New York City voters support creating an inspector general for the NYPD (66% - 25%) and do not believe it will make the city less safe (86% - 8%), an
Communities United for Police Reform – together with Council Members Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Ben Jealous and others – announced that over 100 organizations from across the city have endorsed the Community Safety Act that is pending in the City Council.
NEW YORK — The FBI has one. The CIA does, too. So do 30 city agencies. But the New York Police Department, which has over 34,000 officers and vast intelligence operations working to keep the biggest city in the country safe, does not have an inspector general.
