City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
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Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Chases
EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah
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New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
On-Duty Police Involved in Nearly 4,000 Traffic Collisions Per Year
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To reduce collisions involving city fleet vehicles, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services began collecting and sharing data on such crashes in 2014. NYPD was the only agency not to comply, but in response to a FOIL request from Streetsblog, the department recently shared basic numbers on crashes involving department personnel.
NYPD Is Still Shielding NYPD Crash Data From the Public
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It’s been almost six months since Streetsblog filed a freedom of information request for data on traffic crashes involving NYPD personnel. NYPD has not released the data, or given us a reason for not doing so. The 2016 Mayor’s Management Report, released this week, says crashes involving city-owned vehicles increased 10 percent from FY 15 to FY 16 — […]
Driver Who Killed Man While Fleeing NYPD Pleads to Manslaughter
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A driver who killed a man on a Brooklyn sidewalk while attempting to evade police pled guilty to manslaughter. Police pulled Raymond Ramos over at Sterling Place and Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights shortly after midnight on March 9, 2015. As officers approached his car, Ramos, then 18, drove off. The Post and DNAinfo reported that […]
Streetsblog FOILs NYPD for Data on Crashes Involving Police
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Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request for NYPD data on traffic crashes involving NYPD personnel. NYPD doesn’t tell the public — or other city agencies — how many crashes police officers and other department staff get into, or what the costs are in terms of injuries, deaths, and property damage. When the Department of […]