Following a limited review of the New York City Police Department’s disciplinary system, a panel of three legal heavy-hitters has concluded that the system could use some work but that it is generally fair and that ultimate disciplinary authority should remain with the police commissioner.
The panelists—Mary Jo White, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Robert Capers, a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; and Barbara Jones, a retired Southern District judge—said that the NYPD should be more transparent about officer discipline, but conceded that a controversial state law that allows police departments to keep disciplinary records out of the public eye, Civil Rights Law 50-a, stands in the way.
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