Police Accountability

It’s a felony to use the nationwide police database for personal reasons.

During a roadside dispute in Huntington Station in 2011, off-duty Nassau cop Anthony DiLeonardo shot and pistol whipped Thomas Moroughan.

A proposed bill toughens an existing law preventing officers who were fired for malfeasance or serious misconduct, as well as those who quit or retire while under investigation, from being hired by another department.

Officer Matthew Cameron’s report claimed that Christopher Cruz resisted arrest in February 2021. Body camera footage later showed police striking Cruz while he was handcuffed on the ground.

Christopher Cruz said he was allegedly punched and kicked by a group of Suffolk County Police officers while handcuffed during an arrest in Coram last year. He said the officers used racial slurs during the attack.

They approved a three-year contract set to improve the connection between police officers and the community.

Nassau County Police officials recently blamed people from outside the county to explain racial disparities in policing. But a data analysis by WSHU and WNYC/Gothamist found those disparities persisted independent of where people came from.

Families of the women said police didn’t adequately notify them of their deaths.

The Greater Bridgeport NAACP said it wants a string of measures, including a federal investigation, to address the city’s police response to the deaths of two Black women.

The ACLU of Connecticut launched “Project Flashlight” on Tuesday to centralize information about policing in the state. The goal is to hold departments more accountable for police use of force and misconduct.