NYPD's oversight agency has recommended the department discipline 65 officers who are accused of misconduct during last year's anti-racism protests.
CCRB review states that there have been challenges in the investigation"due to the failure to follow proper protocols, officers covering their names and shield, officers wearing protective equipment that did not belong to them, the lack of proper use of body-worn cameras, as well as incomplete and severely delayed paperwork."Protesters gather to protest the recent death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020 in New York City.
An NYPD spokesperson told ABC News that the department has assisted the CCRB in its investigations by providing body camera footage and"thousands of pages of records." "The NYPD has made significant strides and continues to work toward making our discipline processes transparent," Deputy Commissioner Public Information spokesperson Sergeant Edward Riley said in a statement to ABC News."Like any citizen, police officers should be afforded a presumption of innocence until and unless proven guilty."Any discipline as a result of an NYPD administrative trial will be made public in the NYPD's online discipline database, according to Riley.
In January, New York Attorney General Letitia James also filed a lawsuit against the NYPD over its handling ofNYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller
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