Complaints against NYPD cops are down in the Bronx after precincts' declined use of stop-and-frisk
Complaints against NYPD cops are down in the Bronx after precincts' declined use of stop-and-frisk: report
JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM
Complaints against the police in the Bronx — and citywide — have largely fallen since 2009, according to a new city report.
Even the 40th Precinct, which garnered the highest number of complaints boroughwide in 2013, recorded a 6.6% drop from 2012, according to the
Civilian Complaint Review Board’s annual status report.
And an expert says the report’s numbers jibe with data on precincts’ use of stop-and-frisk, which largely declined last year.
The 40th Precinct, which includes Mott Haven and Port Morris, registered 154 incidents between law enforcement and the public that led to complaints last year, down from 165 in 2012. Citywide, the 40th Precinct had the second-highest number of instances of the controversial street interrogations in 2012.
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