Lawsuit: NYPD still hiding discipline files after law change
The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued New York City’s police department on Thursday, saying it is illegally keeping the vast majority of officer disciplinary records out of public view.
The New York Civil Liberties Union said in the lawsuit in state court in Manhattan that the NYPD has publicly disclosed only a fraction of the misconduct records that should be public following last year’s repeal of the decades-old state law that was keeping them secret.
In March, the police department started posting final discipline decisions on its website, while keeping other information under wraps, such as complaints about officers and disciplinary matters that didn’t lead to punishment, the organization said.