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DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

NCJ Number
38863
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 42 Issue: 4 Dated: (APRIL 1975) Pages: 66-69
Author(s)
J J CLEARY
Date Published
1975
Length
4 pages
Annotation
ILLUSTRATES THE PROPOSITION THAT THIS DEPARTMENT'S CONCERN FOR HIGH CALIBER POLICE PERFORMANCE HAS MANDATED THE STRUCTURING OF PERHAPS THE MOST SOPHISTICATED, SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.
Abstract
THE THREE AVENUES BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED WITH ALLEGED MISCONDUCT CAN HAVE HIS CASE ADJUDICATED ARE DESCRIBED. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES WITH THE AUTHOR'S OPINION THAT IT IS STATISTICALLY EVIDENT THAT RELATIVELY FEW NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS VIOLATE THEIR SWORN DUTIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...KAP