New York police officer decertifications Police De-Certs Officer's Name Agency Name Reason For Deletion Code Effective Date Tenemille, Ernst DeMarco, Tyler P Egan, Daniel Hall, Devin Rando, Jordan K O'Gorman, Bryan Lester, Benjamin Vann, Jeremy J Stevens, Christopher A Ramapo Town PD Utica City PD Yonkers City PD Wayne CSO …
Personnel Complaint-Trooper James E. Huestis Involved Member(s): Trooper James E Huestis Case Type : Pe rson nel Complaint Case Number: DCN2019-0203 Finding: Founded Complainant: Insp. II Rev 6110 Personnel Complaint Work Sheet ISub Type: Type: Personnel Initiated By: DC I Case Number Iincident Date: 5/26/ 19 I Detail ~ Troop …
New York Court of Appeals: Jury Trial Right Attaches to Deportable Crimes Punishable by Less Than Six Months in Jail by David Reutter by David Reutter As a matter of first impression, the Court of Appeals of New York ruled that a noncitizen defendant charged with state crimes that carry …
New York City Board of Correction Annual Lockdown Report, 2019 New York City Board of Correction Annual Lockdown Report May 2019 Executive Summary Background According to New York City Department of Correction (“DOC” or “the Department”) policy, during emergency lock-ins (or “lockdowns”) people in custody are confined to their cells …
Bremner v. Bush, NY, Memo in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Disqualify Counsel, Defamation, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS -----------------------------------------------------------------X JONATHAN BREMNER, LUCID STUDIOS, LLC, and ROBYN SKY, Plaintiffs, - against - Hon. Paul Wooten, J.S.C. Motion Sequence No. 003 CHARLOTTE BUSH, Index …
Creation of Prosecutorial Watchdog in New York Spotlights Distinction Between Misconduct and Unfair Conduct by Michael Berk by Michael Berk Thanks in no small part to the dedicated lobbying of people such as Jeffrey Deskovic — who spent 16 years locked up for a rape and murder he did not …
Legal Aid Society Counters NYC Police Misconduct With New Database by The Legal Aid Society New York City has a new tool in the fight against rogue cops — a browsable database of NYC federal civil rights lawsuit data called CAPstat (capstat.nyc). The nonprofit organization released the information in early …
Erie County Convicted 11 People of Violating a Law Ruled Unconstitutional Over 20 Years Ago by Federal Court by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Erie County, New York, wrongfully convicted 11 people under a law that was ruled unconstitutional over 20 years ago — yet is still listed in the …
NYPD’s Controversial Use of Mugshot Database Searches by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The NYPD’s practice of using a crime victim or witness’ description of a perpetrator to generate a search of the department’s mugshot database, often generating hundreds of hits, has caused controversy and resulted in wrongful arrests. New …
New York City No Charge Phone Calls The New York City Council City Hall New York, NY 10007 Legislation Text File #: Int 0741-2018, Version: A Int. No. 741-A By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson), and Council Members Brannan, Rosenthal, Powers, Levin, Ampry -Samuel, Rivera, Espinal, Gibson, Rose, Cumbo, Williams, …
HRDC v. NY State AG, FOIL public records complaint and MOL, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ALBANY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Petitioner, Index No. -againstNEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; MICHAEL JERRY, in his official capacity as Records Access Officer; and KATHRYN …
NYPD Gang Database Lacks Transparency, Limits Due Process by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) expanded its gang database to include more than 42,000 New Yorkers during a time when gang-related activity is at an all-time low in the city. Placement is secretive with little-known …
NY Election Websites Tell Parolees They Can’t Vote, Even Though They Can by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Months after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted voting rights to most of the state’s parolees, state election websites still say they cannot vote. More than half the board of elections’ websites …
Bronx Prosecutors Trained to Manipulate System to Delay Trials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Recently revealed internal training documents from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office show that prosecutors are being trained in courtroom techniques designed to delay trial, undermining defendants’ speedy trial rights and extending the pretrial incarceration of …
New York Mass Bail Out Action Targets Bail System Manipulation by Virginia Griese by Virginia Griese Throughout October, more than 105 women and teens incarcerated at Rikers Island and juvenile facilities had their bail paid by hundreds of volunteers and walked to freedom. The Mass Bail Out Action (“MBOA”), organized …
N.Y. Court of Appeals Announces When Trial Commences for Timeliness of Pro Se Requests by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As most jurisdictions do from time to time as need dictates, they change or even completely overhaul appellate procedures, evidentiary rules, and various codes. In 1971, New York state adopted …
Jackson v. City of New York, et al., NY, Letter, Excessive Force on Off-Duty Cop, 2019 Case 1:11-cv-03028-PKC-SMG Document 139 Filed 01/02/19 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 3743 THE CITY OF NEW YORK LAW DEPARTMENT ZACHARY W. CARTER Corporation Counsel BRIAN FRANCOLLA Senior Counsel Phone: (212) 356-3527 Fax: (212) …
New York City Board of Correction - Serious Injury Reports in NYC Jails, 2019 Serious Injury Reports in NYC Jails January 2019 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Current Serious Injury Reporting Procedures and Policies ........................................................................... 6 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Injury to Inmate …
Very Few Have Taken Advantage of New York’s Program to Seal Criminal Records by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Some of the lines to one of late country music singer Merle Haggard’s famous hit songs were about a “branded man, out in the cold.” He was lamenting that no one …
