Political Activists Say the NYPD Still Silent After Its Undercover Cops Were Exposed
Tessa Stuart
Tuesday was NYPD Inspector General Phillip Eure's first day on the job; it was also the first day that the job existed at all. The office was created (and vested with a $5 million budget) by the City Council over the veto of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg last year, and Eure, who previously headed up Washington D.C.'s office of police complaints, was appointed by the Department of Investigation on March 28.
In a statement shortly after the announcement, Mayor Bill de Blasio called independent police review "a critical component" for improving public safety and the NYPD's relationship with the community.
Communities United for Police Reform cheered Eure's appointment too. In a March statement, the group reiterated its hope that the new IG would not only work to ensure the end of stop-and-frisk abuses, but "review the disparate impact of the NYPD's enforcement of minor offenses on low-income communities of color, the disturbing patterns related to police brutality and killings of unarmed New Yorkers and those with psychiatric disabilities, the surveillance of Muslim communities and political groups, and basic transparency by the department." That's a lot to do! So, how's Eure doing so far?
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