NYC pays almost $1bn to its brutal cops while slashing the budget for the already toothless agency assigned to police them
The CCRB [Civilian Complaint Review Board], which is the external investigative agency for complaints of NYPD misconduct, is staring down precipitous budget cuts: the current budget calls for a $25.7m cut to the watchdog agency’s budget. In response to prior rounds of cuts, the CCRB has ceased investigating whole categories of complaints if they are isolated incidents, including failure of officers to provide their name and shield number, threats by a member of service, discourtesy, refusal to process a civilian complaint, property seizures, forced hospitalizations or untruthfulness.
Records also show displays of impunity and instances of officers wearing possible white supremacist morale patches
