The suit portends performance evaluation is unfair because it’s not evenly applied to all precincts and that cops in precincts with overwhelming minorities have to make more arrests and issue more tickets than cops in “a precinct located in a predominantly white residential area,” the suit states.
The 12 named plaintiffs in the suit are all black and Latino NYPD officers who claim to have been penalized for reporting and complaining about “the illegal quotas and its racially discriminatory application against the minority community,” the suit states.
Here is the kicker: The NYPD doesn’t use quotas.
“There are no numerical enforcement quotas established by the NYPD,” police department spokesman Stephen Davis said in a statement.
“Performance evaluations are conducted for all department employees based on an assessment of their duties, responsibilities and specific conditions of their assignments.”
Polanco — who testified against the city in a federal high-profile stop-and-frisk case — joined the NYPD in 2005 and began blasting controversial department tactics to a host of media outlets beginning in 2009.
Read the full story here.
As one might imagine, Polanco complains that his “whistleblowing” quickly resulted in a sustained campaign of retaliation — including repeated suspensions, promotion denials and suggestions that he was mentally ill.
Read the story again very carefully and you can figure out the alleged whistle blower is blowing hot air and is actually an agitator simply seeking trouble.
New York, the heartbeat of liberalism,?
I dont know about the history of this media source. However, there are arrest and ticket quotas in police departments. Police have said so many times. This is wrong, illegal, and uncons$#%&!@*utional. Let’s get back to true American values and morality. We’ve moved so far off course. It is unconscionable and truly sad.