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The Justice Department on Thursday said it will investigate the NYPD’s scandal-plagued Special Victims Division due to rampant allegations of “gender-biased policing” involving sexual assault crimes.
Federal prosecutors will examine the Special Victims Division’s policies and training. The feds are also eyeing how investigators treat victims of rape and sexual assault.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the feds had “significant justification” to open the probe.
“Survivors of sexual assault should expect effective, trauma-informed and victim-centered investigations by police departments,” she said.
Prosecutors from Brooklyn, Manhattan and Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. will handle the probe. A press release noted that Mayor Adams, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, and the city Law Department have pledged to cooperate with the probe.
The announcement comes only one month after Sewell appointed a new commanding officer for Special Victims, Inspector Carlos Ortiz.
“He will not only instill an atmosphere of empathy among investigators but will use his experience to ensure investigators are conducting quality investigations and have manageable caseloads,” Sewell said.
A scathing 2018 Department of Investigation report found the unit was understaffed and lacking experienced detectives. Cops in the unit were found to be dismissive of date rape cases.
“Victims of sex crimes deserve the same rigorous and unbiased investigations of their cases that the NYPD affords to other categories of crime,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Thursday. “Likewise, relentless and effective pursuit of perpetrators of sexual violence, unburdened by gender stereotypes or differential treatment, is essential to public safety.”
The NYPD and politicians were sandbagging crime stats. Has been well known for a while now. Apart from murder/manslaughter (impossible to hide), add 20% to any of the crime stats.
The NYPD and politicians were sandbagging crime stats. Has been well known for a while now. Apart from murder/manslaughter (impossible to hide), add 20% to any of the crime stats.
And you base your "add 20%" figure on what, exactly?
And you base your "add 20%" figure on what, exactly?
Out of my behind but that's low-ball. It could be more. There have been rumors of sandbagging crime stats for a while in the sense that the NYPD would downgrade crimes. Those were the incentives set by higher ups (politicians and their political appointees at the NYPD). I don't think the average cop would be in favor of downgrading crimes.
Out of my behind but that's low-ball. It could be more. There have been rumors of sandbagging crime stats for a while in the sense that the NYPD would downgrade crimes. Those were the incentives set by higher ups (politicians and their political appointees at the NYPD). I don't think the average cop would be in favor of downgrading crimes.
Of course crime stats are low-balled, but you have no idea how much. Pulling a random figure out of your a$$ with zero evidence to back it up serves no purpose. Who knows, maybe it's 2%, maybe it's 90%.
Of course crime stats are low-balled, but you have no idea how much. Pulling a random figure out of your a$$ with zero evidence to back it up serves no purpose. Who knows, maybe it's 2%, maybe it's 90%.
2% isn't sandbagging anything. Those would just be judgement calls. It's definitely not 90% either.
If it's a significant enough issue to have been investigated multiple times over the past decade then it's a non trivial number. Probably 10% -30% depending on the crime.
The NYPD and politicians were sandbagging crime stats. Has been well known for a while now. Apart from murder/manslaughter (impossible to hide), add 20% to any of the crime stats.
I've always felt the same way about crime stats since deBlasio, even the most woke mayor/NYPD Commissioner can't hide dead bodies. Downgrading crimes too.
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