Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Police Misconduct

In London They Summons Their Own

By Jason Varone | Aug 15, 2007 | 5 Comments

Remember, after the launch of the Uncivil Servants web site last spring, the retired NYPD officer who wrote, "Ungrateful Liberal Scum… we do not summons our own!" We were reminded of that infamous and highly entertaining NYPD rant after Sean Roche of Newton Streets and Sidewalks forwarded along this news story from London where city […]

Ungrateful Liberal Scum, “We Do Not Summons Our Own.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 28, 2007 | 37 Comments

A certain sense of entitlement emerges in the UncivilServants comments section. Posted verbatim, no spelling check: I have no intensions of ever parking legally whenever I am in NYC. It is a perk that has been in standard practice since the end of time. It is not the officer’s fault that the NYPD does not […]

Ding Dong Bruce Smolka’s Gone

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 24, 2007 | 13 Comments

Newsday is reporting that NYPD Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka has filed for retirement. Smolka is reknowned for his needlessly aggressive tactics in breaking up peaceful political demonstrations, his disregard of basic civil rights and his all-too-frequent abusiveness towards women. In one infamous video he was caught kicking a female demonstrator in the head at a […]

Donut Emergency: Cop Parked in Crosswalk and Bike Lane

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 20, 2006 | 19 Comments

This photo comes from a recent entry on MyBikeLane.com. Jessica writes: Coming home this evening from work on my bike, i saw 2 officers pull up to the curb, successfully parking in a crosswalk AND bike lane. I stopped and asked "Officer… do you really need to park in the crosswalk AND bike lane?" To […]

NYPD Has Spent $1.32M to Suppress a Monthly Bike Ride

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 16, 2006 | 18 Comments

Charles Komanoff, flanked by Marquez Claxton and Norman Siegel, at City Hall this morning. Time’s Up took its campaign for safe bicycling into the economic arena this morning with release of a report documenting the Bloomberg administration’s squandering of New Yorkers’ tax dollars in suppressing the Critical Mass bike rides. With the City Hall steps […]

Two Doubleparked Traffic Agents, Sunnyside Up

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 7, 2006 | 7 Comments

Breakfasting NYPD traffic enforcement agents doubleparked at 97th St. and Amsterdam Ave. this morning Being a New York City traffic enforcement agent couldn’t be an easy job. If the cops are the city’s "Finest" and the firefighters the "Bravest," traffic enforcement agents have to be the "Most Disliked-est." Angry confrontations with ticketed motorists must be a regular part of the job. Certainly, the drivers of cars 7408 and […]

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