NYPD

NYPD admits accounting for its civil-forfeiture seizures is hopeless

RT | September 19, 2016 A detailed account of money and property seized by the New York Police Department is essentially impossible, an official says, as a comprehensive effort to report how much money the NYPD takes during arrests would “lead to system crashes.” The New York City Council is considering a bill that would require […]

Shooting the messenger: Citizen journalists jailed for recording police

RT | August 27, 2016 Police practices are under fire as more and more recordings of excessive force and racist behavior surface. Some police departments have responded by trying to work with communities to regain trust lost, while others try to silence whistleblowers. The availability of smartphones and cameras has empowered citizens to become guerrilla […]

Surveillance guidelines routinely violated by NYPD – report

RT | August 24, 2016 The New York Police Department’s intelligence bureau routinely violated the famous Handschu Agreement, a set of 1985 guidelines that protect constitutional rights, for purely political reasons, according to a new inspector general report. Inspector General Philip K. Eure of the NYPD released a report on Tuesday that found their intelligence […]