Bob Hennelly
WNYC's Bob Hennelly is an award-winning investigative journalist. While at WNYC he has reported on a wide gamut of major public policy questions ranging from immigration and homeland security to power outages and utility mergers.
Settling Civil Claims Cost NYPD Millions
Friday, December 14, 2007
New York, NY –
Each year, settling civil claims brought against the Police Department costs taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Since 2002, these settlements totaled almost a half billion dollars. Just less than half of that went to satisfy excessive force type allegations.
But for years, civil rights lawyers have contended the biggest loss is not just to the city treasury. They say the NYPD and the city don't learn all they can from the claims and settlements. WNYC’s Bob Hennelly has this analysis.
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