Harlem Precinct Has Highest Rate Of Cops With Misconduct Records

HARLEM, NY — West Harlem's 30th NYPD Precinct has the highest rate of officers with records of past misconduct in the city, according to department data released this week by the NYPD.

Six officers currently serving in the 30th Precinct, which makes up 4.3 percent of the precinct, have "misconduct markers" on their records, according to NYPD data. The NYPD is required to release this data every year since the Deployment Law took effect in October 2016.

The 30th Precinct is bound by West 133rd Street, Bradhurst Avenue, West 155th Street and the Hudson River.

The NYPD hadn't released any data since the law took affect in 2016, but was pressured into releasing 2017, 2018 and partial 2019 data this week due to pressure from Queens City Councilmember Rory Lancman and news outlets such as the Daily News.

Officers can wind up with misconduct markers for a variety of reasons including:

• The Civilian Complaint Review Board has substantiated two complaints about an officer in the past three calendar years;
• An Internal Affairs Bureau investigation resulted in an officer's suspension in the past five calendar years;
• An officer has been found by the department to have used excessive force in the past three years;
• An officer has been arrested "as a result of actions taken while on duty or related to the officer's job function" in the past 10 years.

Data released by the NYPD this week did not specify how the six officers serving at the 30th Precinct ended up qualifying for the list.

Only two other precincts in Manhattan had more than six officers with misconduct markers currently serving them — the Midtown North and Midtown South precincts. While both precincts had more than 20 officers with problematic discipline records, the numbers accounts for only slightly more than 1 percent of total officers due to the size of the precincts.

The Central Park precinct was the only other command in Manhattan with a rate of officers with misconduct markers higher than 3 percent, according to NYPD data. Four officers in that precinct had misconduct records, accounting for 3.3 percent of the command.