Complaints leveled against police by city residents increased by 19 percent in the fiscal year that ended in June compared to the year before, according to the Mayor’s Management Report released last month. The 5,236 complaints against members of the service registered in FY 2019 reached a five-year high. There were 4,392 complaints against police in FY 2018.
But while an attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union suggested there was good news in those numbers, he also expressed frustration that few details about the disposition of those incidents were ever released publicly.
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