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NYPD still violates stop-and-frisk order by 'underreporting': fed monitor
In 2013, then-Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk practices were unconstitutional.
Federal NYPD monitor Peter Zimroth dead at 78
Peter Zimroth, who was appointed by a federal judge to oversee the reformation of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics, died Monday after a long illness, officials said.
How much more paperwork before a New York cop has no time left to fight crime?
How much paper is a cop supposed to push? Court-appointed NYPD monitor Peter Zimroth doesn’t seem to care. In his latest report, Zimroth complains that officers still aren’t filling out...
NYPD monitor exposes the idiocy of the ruling he's supposed to enforce
Hand it to Peter Zimroth, the court-appointed NYPD monitor: He’s effectively exposing the idiocy of the ruling he’s supposed to enforce. His latest report says that cops are no longer...
New York's cop-bashers won't take surrender for an answer
The NYPD’s critics won’t be happy until cops no longer stop anyone — for anything. Unfortunately, those critics include the guy whom Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to give way...
Stop-and-frisks plunge, but cops struggle to comply with record-keeping rules: NYPD monitor
The number of stop-and-frisks plunged to about 24,000 last year from 45,787 in 2014 — but cops are still struggling to comply with new record-keeping rules that aim to ensure...
New training urges NYPD cops to stop telling racist jokes
Welcome to the remedial policing at the NYPD. NYPD recruits are about to get intense training on how to be a model cop that includes such pointers as don’t be...
Stop-and-frisk rules now posted 'conspicuously' for NYPD
City cops won't be able to claim ignorance to new court-ordered reforms to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics -- because they'll be staring at them everywhere they turn. Commanding officers in...
Paging Deborah Glick
Where’s Deborah Glick when you need her? Last week, the Manhattan assemblywoman announced a bill to cap the annual salaries of charter-school officials at $199,000. Glick’s rationale: No public-school official...
Stop-and-frisk lawyer makes more than $500k a year
The biggest winner in the stop-and-frisk lawsuit against the city is the court-appointed federal monitor in charge of NYPD oversight. White-shoe lawyer Peter Zimroth’s fees, which come to $43,750 a...