Nation Dec 15 Sewell to become 1st woman, 3rd Black person to lead NYC police force By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Nation Dec 18 Watchdog criticizes NYPD methods at Floyd protests for stoking conflict The six-month probe focused on the NYPD's institutional planning and response to the May and June protests and not the actions of individual officers. By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Oct 26 New York City sued over clashes with Floyd protesters Two civil rights organizations are suing New York City on behalf of protesters who say they were roughed up by police officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly demonstrations in the spring in the wake of George Floyd’s death. By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Aug 31 NYPD to adopt guidelines for disciplining officer misconduct The New York Police Department is unveiling a discipline matrix that will guide decisions on officer punishment similarly to how sentencing guidelines are used in criminal cases. By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Aug 21 Judge lifts veil on New York City police discipline records With scores of disciplinary records already online, a federal judge on Friday lifted a temporary restraining order that had barred New York City's police watchdog agency, police department and other entities from making such information public. By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Aug 14 Trump says ‘No one will be safe in Biden’s America’ at NYPD event By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Trump is stepping up his attacks on Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and his newly minted running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. The latest salvos come amid a concerted effort by the president to raise doubts about the Biden-Harris ticket's… Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: De Blasio announces policy mandating release of NYC police body-cam footage By Associated Press A new policy will require New York City police to release all body camera footage of shootings and other use-of-force incidents that result in injury or death, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday in what he billed as another step… Continue reading
Jun 15 NYPD closes controversial anti-crime unit amid calls for reform By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York City's police department is disbanding the unit involved in Eric Garner's 2014 chokehold death, Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday amid a nationwide reckoning for policing in the wake of George Floyd's death last month in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Jun 08 New York passes bill to unveil police disciplinary records By Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak, Jim Mustian, Associated Press New York lawmakers are poised to overhaul a decades-old law protecting police disciplinary records that has long been among the nation's most secretive. Continue reading
Aug 22 Where Eric Garner died, changes in NYPD policing win little applause By Verena Dobnik, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press In the years since Eric Garner's death, use-of-force complaints against the NYPD have fallen sharply, but residents say officers are finding new low-level targets. Continue reading