Exposure and Potential Discharge: Ten NYPD Officers Disclose System's Realities on Camera (VISUAL)
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In a series of interviews and a federal class-action lawsuit, ten NYPD officers, along with two other police officers, have come forward with allegations of racism and an alleged quota-based system within the NYPD.
The lawsuit claims that the NYPD continues the practice of illegal quotas and retaliates against officers who fail to meet their numbers. This assertion is backed by statements from NYPD officer Pedro Serrano, who stated that blacks, Hispanics, aged 14 to 21 must be stopped according to him, and that there is no discretion for police officers who need an arrest for the month.
Serrano's comments were part of an interview with NBC News, where ten NYPD officers discussed racism and the alleged quota-based system. A video of the interview is available.
However, it's important to note that as of 2025, there is no direct evidence from the current search results indicating that the NYPD uses illegal performance evaluation quotas. The provided sources do not explicitly address illegal quota-based performance systems within the NYPD.
The debate about implicit or explicit quotas in policing is a topic of public discourse and media, but these particular sources do not provide verified evidence of such practices in the NYPD.
Julio Diaz, the New York chapter president of the Latino Officers Association, also claims that there are quotas in the NYPD. Additionally, several officers stated that cops working in minority neighborhoods are under constant, intense pressure from supervisors to "get numbers."
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, on the other hand, denies the existence of any quota-based system.
As the investigation into these allegations continues, more targeted investigative reports, legal cases, or official NYPD or city oversight documents would be required to substantiate or refute the existence of illegal quotas within the NYPD.
This article was written by Matthew McIntosh, the administrator of the publication, on 04.04.2016.
[1] Source: Cincinnati Enquirer [2] Source: The Guardian [3] Source: Congressional Record [4] Source: CNN [5] Source: NYPD Procedural Documents
- The allegations of a quota-based system within the NYPD, as well as claims of racism, have infiltrated policy-and-legislation discussions, with various news outlets like the Cincinnati Enquirer, The Guardian, and CNN, and even the Congressional Record addressing this issue.
- The contentious topic of quotas in policing, including the implicit or explicit versions, is deeply rooted in politics, crime-and-justice, and general-news, with officer statements like those from Julio Diaz and the NBC News interview contributing to the mounting debate.
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