CCRB stats show 4,028 complaints filed between Jan. 1 and June 30, compared with 3,764 in the first half of '08. At that rate, there'd be 8,056 this year, eclipsing the 2006 record of 7,663.
With more complaints usually filed in the second half of the calendar year, a CCRB official acknowledged in May that as many as 8,200, or an 11 percent rise over last year, would likely be tallied in '09, sources said.
New NYPD Brew: Fewer Cops, more Gripes
Despite a shrinking NYPD, the number of mistreatment claims against city cops jumped 7 percent in the first six months of 2009 — a pace that would shatter the annual record filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, The Post has learned.
CCRB stats show 4,028 complaints filed between Jan. 1 and June 30, compared with 3,764 in the first half of ’08. At that rate, there’d be 8,056 this year, eclipsing the 2006 record of 7,663.
With more complaints usually filed in the second half of the calendar year, a CCRB official acknowledged in May that as many as 8,200, or an 11 percent rise over last year, would likely be tallied in ’09, sources said.
And that comes at a time when the 35,700-cop force is about 13 percent smaller than in 2001, when it had 41,000 officers.
CCRB complaints fall into one or more of four categories: force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, and offensive language. This year, there have been double-digit increases in allegations of force (30 percent), abuse of authority (52 percent) and discourtesy (15 percent).
Overall, complaints are up 86 percent since 2000. But NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said the city’s 311 informational system and increased outreach have “made it much easier to file complaints.”
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The numbers are rising because of the ease to report. If you had to go to the station to fill out a complaint, much fewer would do it. As for myself, I have called 311 to report a cop who gave me a ticket for talking on my cell phone and I didn’t even have it with me, and when I went to the station to report the incident I was told that if I wouldn’t leave I would be arrested. It is unimaginable the nerve and abuse of power these people express. Even if I win the case it is still a p.i.t.a. I will have to go to court miss a day of work and the law for cell phone tickets states that you are guilty until proven innocent not the other way around. I am insulted as a citizen of this fine country, and it is an offense to the American way.