NYC PBA Files Federal Suit Against CCRB Over Public Release of Inflammatory False Allegations – New York City Police Benevolent Association

NYPD oversight agency violated police officers’ rights by giving anti-police website false and baseless claims of sexual misconduct, racial profiling and perjury
Today, the New York City PBA filed a federal lawsuit against the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) after the agency facilitated the publication of hundreds of stigmatizing complaint records falsely alleging severe misconduct and criminal acts by police officers.

In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the PBA challenges CCRB’s recent policy change to permit public disclosure of three categories of serious allegations – sexual misconduct, racial profiling and untruthful statement – without redaction, even though CCRB has determined that the allegations are false or lack evidence. The union argues that CCRB’s decision to release these records – which are now public and searchable on the anti-NYPD database 50-a.org along with the falsely accused police officers’ identifying information – is unconstitutional.
— Read on www.nycpba.org/press-release/nycpba-v-ccrb/