Christopher Dunn

NYPD's Reporting Problem

Reactions to our 'NYPD Tapes' confirmation came like a swift billy club to the skull

Ray Kelly Puts NYPD Quota Demands in Writing; Rank And File Not Happy [Updated]

​Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has issued an intriguing new order to the NYPD which appears to finally put the unwritten quota policy into writing, adds yet another layer of paperwork to the street cop's job, and brings department micromanaging to a new level of insanity. Titled "Police Offic ... More >>

Vanessa Hicks, Former NYPD Officer, Sues Over Ticket Quota

​A former police officer is suing the NYPD for firing her for not writing enough summonses and not stopping and frisking enough people, the New York Daily News is reporting. Vanessa Hicks' lawsuit follows last year's class action lawsuit filed on behalf of about 25 New Yorkers who allege the ... More >>

CCRB Member Chided for Releasing Documents -- But Are They Confidential?

​The Conflict of Interest Board has given a gentle reminder to a top member of the independent board that reviews minor police misconduct not to share confidential documents with the public, in a public letter today. The question in this case -- which may have implications for whistleblower ... More >>

The NYPD Harasses a Photographer at Coney Island

It's not the first case of illegal censorship by a department that says "shoot first, hand over film later"

The NYPD Releases Detailed Data on Dogs They've Shot, But Not on The People

Ain't that a bitch?

Bad NYPD Cops Only Get Tough Talk from the Civilian Complaint Board

Anonymous Unmasked in Scientology Protests

Bloomberg Wants to Get in Your Genes

Compared to the present mayor’s contempt for civil liberties, Giuliani was a piker

I Turn My Camera On

New rules, but still no truce between filmmakers and the mayor's office

Frisk Management

How the NYPD's blackly grim stop-and-frisk numbers got whitewashed

Rudy Redux

Will we get another law-and-order mayor who decides on his own what the law is?

Double Secret Probation

Police fork over secret RNC documents that make it plain there's plenty more

NYPD Lets Judith Miller Peek at "Still-Secret" RNC-Spying Documents? No Surprise: Miller Is Mum.

Suspects as Usual

After the Sean Bell shooting, the NYPD opened a surprising investigation—into the victims

Rights Lawyers Question Cop Review Lag

ACLU Seeks Pentagon Files

Who's Watching?

NYC activist groups react to new NYPD spy tactics

Keep Moving, Son

Cops in Carroll Gardens are hustling schoolkids onto trains. Police call it protection. Parents call it harassment.

Security or Suppression?

Examining NYPD Crackdowns on Activists

Eric Adams for Police Commissioner

But How Black Is Mark Green?