Feds investigating NYPD sex crimes unit over allegations of 'gender-biased policing'

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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors are investigating the NYPD’s sexual assault crimes unit to determine whether it engaged in “gender-biased policing,” the Justice Department announced on Thursday.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the NYPD’s sexual assault crimes unit to determine whether it engaged in “gender-biased policing,” the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Prosecutors from that division as well as the U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York are launching the probe, based on allegations they say date back further than a decade — including claims that unit officers have been “failing to conduct basic investigative steps and instead shaming and abusing survivors and re-traumatizing them during investigations."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell have pledged to cooperate with the investigation, according to the Justice Department.

 

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“Based on information provided to the Justice Department, we find significant justification to investigate whether the NYPD’s Special Victims Division engages in a pattern or practice of gender-biased policing,' the Justice Department said in a statement.

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