More NYPD Officer Misconduct Being Substantiated Due to Videos, CCRB Says
(DNAINFO) Ben Fractenberg — The Civilian Complaint Review Board had their highest rate ever of substantiated NYPD officer misconduct cases in September, much of which is attributed to bystander and surveillance video of police interactions with the public, the agency announced Wednesday.
Nearly 30 percent of the cases fully investigated by the CCRB in September — 76 out of 260 investigations — found that an officer committed misconduct, the sixth month in a row that more than 20 percent of cases resulted in a substantiation of public complaints, according to the agency.
“We live in an age where video evidence is obtained through various surveillance sources and bystanders who record police-civilian encounters,” CCRB Executive Director Mina Malik said. “The availability of video evidence is key in some cases and is driving the current increase in substantiations.”