The Office of the Inspector General for the New York City Police Department (OIG-NYPD) issued a Report detailing the findings of its review of the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) compliance with the court-mandated rules governing the investigation of political activity. These rules, also known as the Handschu Guidelines, are codified in the NYPD Patrol Guide. In the course of this investigation, OIG-NYPD examined highly confidential intelligence files never before subject to review or available to non-police entities. OIG-NYPD's investigators examined, among other things, whether NYPD's Intelligence Bureau satisfied the established standard for opening investigations, met deadlines for extending investigations, and obtained necessary approvals for the use of human sources, which include confidential informants and undercover officers. The investigation found that the NYPD Intelligence Bureau failed to renew investigations before the authorization expired more than half of the time, resulting in investigations of political activity that continued without the requisite authorization. More than 25% of the extensions reviewed exceeded the required deadline by more than 31 days. Further, requests to use human sources were frequently approved despite failing to document the particularized role of confidential informants and undercover officers, as required. However, OIG-NYPD found that in all cases NYPD met the informational threshold required to open an investigation.
The Broken Windows and Quality-of-Life Policing in New York City report discusses the NYPD's enforcement of lesser crimes and demonstrates that enforcement actions such as misdemeanor arrests, criminal-court summonses, and notices of violation have been declining in New York City.
This report lays out findings on how the NYPD can better use police litigation data to improve officer performance and identify trends of police misconduct, identifies several catagories of information that the NYPD should be analyzing better, and recommends the creation of an interagency working group to coordinate the organization and exchange of litigation information.
The Report reviews 10 chokehold cases substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) between 2009 and 2014 and illustrates that in practice, historically, the disciplinary process is complex, multi-tiered, and often delivers inconsistent results.
Report of Investigation and review by DOI and OIG-NYPD concerns the disciplinary process for certain officers foundtohave used chokeholds and, from that review, considers questions regarding the use of force more generally
This course discusses changes to the 2014 NYC Building Code (BC) that deal with the design of temporary structures for safety. construction leading to an increased level of engineering
This course will discuss critical building code requirements related to sidewalk sheds, supported scaffolds, construction fences and NYC Building Code.associated signage as described in the 2014
In response to community requests for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on the Pulaski Bridge, DOT proposes building a new bicycle path on the bridge adjacent to the existing shared path. The design includes a new barrier to protect bicyclists from motor vehicles. This proposed path would double the space on the bridge dedicated to bicyclists and pedestrians, enhance safety by separating those two modes and improve access to Long Island City subway stations for Brooklyn residents.
NYCDOT's Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) are devices affixed to pedestrian signal poles to assist blind or low vision pedestrians in crossing the street. As required by law, DOT issues an annual report on the status of the APS program.
DOI Report Finds Security Breaches at Rikers Island, Leading to Reforms That Include The Use of Canine Units to Detect Drug Smuggling at Staff Entrances