CBS New York Investigates: Controversial police trainer was disciplined for alleged racial slur, other incidents

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We first started looking into Street Cop Training in December, after the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller said the company taught unconstitutional policing tactics at a 2021 conference in Atlantic City.

NEW YORK -- How did a former New Jersey police officer, who was disciplined three times in a period of five years, go on to train thousands of officers while charging local governments thousand of dollars?It's a question CBS New York has been asking during its months-long investigation, which found that the head of a controversial police training company was once accused of using a racial slur by his own department.

'Should that have been a red flag before he started to train police officers?' CBS New York Investigates' Tim McNicholas asked New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin.'I can't speak to the particular case, but it does sound like something that would give some concerns,' Platkin said.Years later, in 2021, a monkey was displayed onscreen while one of Benigno's Street Cop instructors -- a Robbinsville, New Jersey sergeant -- described a Black man in a traffic stop.

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