Civilian Complaint Review Board
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| Jurisdiction | New York City |
| Headquarters | 100 Church Street, Manhattan, NY |
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The Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) is a board of the New York City government tasked with investigating complaints about alleged misconduct on the part of the New York City Police Department. Its regulations are compiled in title 38-a of the New York City Rules.
The CCRB exists today as a fully independent civil department, staffed with 142 civilian investigators and about a dozen miscellaneous employees. Additionally, three officers from the NYPD's Monitoring and Analysis Section of the Department Advocate's Office work with the CCRB at their office at 100 Church Street, whose role is to provide the Investigators with access to certain restricted NYPD documentation.
The agency is headed by the 13 member board, five chosen by the city council, 5 by the mayor, and 3 by the Police Commissioner; none may be current public employees. As of July 2015[update], the chair is Richard D. Emory. They appoint an Executive Director to mange the affairs of the agency; As of December 2014[update]. the position is held by Mina Q. Malik. The Board is currently headed by Ernest F. Hart, Esq.
The Agency is divided into several divisions, the largest being the Investigative division, led by a Deputy Executive Director of Investigations, with five Assistant Deputy Executive Directors. The division is then broken down into eight Investigative Teams, led by an Investigative Manager, along with a Supervising Investigator and an Assistant Supervising Investigator.
The Agency also contains an Administrative Division, which includes Human Resources, Information Management Unit and the Case Management Unit (which stores all records of past cases), among others, which is led by the Deputy Executive Director of Administration. There are then four other directorships, including the new "Research and Strategic Initiatives Director", as well as the Mediation Unit Director. There is also legal counsel. These units complement and serve the Investigations Unit, which acts as the main focal point of the Agency.
Each complaint the agency receives is assessed by one of the Investigative Managers on a daily rotating basis, and has its merits checked for proper jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is first assessed by type of allegations. Only allegations that fall under the jurisdiction of the CCRB are investigated by the CCRB. These include Force (whether use of force was justified), Abuse of Authority (which includes racial profiling, unauthorized searches and seizures, inappropriate entry onto property, etc.), Discourtesy (using foul language, acting in a rude and unprofessional manner, flashing rude and offensive gestures, etc.) and Offensive Language, which is more specific than Discourtesy, and includes racial slurs, ethnic slurs, sexist slurs, homophobic slurs and comments of that nature. Jurisdiction is also determined by the officers involved. As many types of officers work in the City of New York (such as the MTA Police, the Port Authority Police and the New York State Police), complainants encounter all of these officers in their day-to-day lives. Only incidents involving members of the NYPD are investigated by the CCRB. Cases that do not fall within the CCRB's jurisdiction are then forwarded to the respective jurisdiction (usually, the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, the Office of the Chief of Department or the respective organization in question, such as another police department).
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