The NYPD on Monday released its own searchable online database of uniformed cops, including their training histories, departmental awards and disciplinary records.
The department’s own database went live just days after the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board released its own trove of disciplinary data encompassing more than 83,000 active and former cops.
“In another step that increases transparency and improves accountability to the people we serve, the NYPD will post online today a searchable summary of all uniformed members that includes appointment dates, ranks, assignments, training, departmental awards, and disciplinary history,” wrote Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in a memo Monday addressed to all members of the department.
“It is a lot to digest at one time, I know,” continued Shea. “But I want to assure you that the police department has taken every consideration to post our records in a manner that is both respectful of your privacy and provides you with the opportunity to confirm the validity of the information.”
The letter goes on to detail the process by which cops can correct their online records if they feel anything is erroneous.
“It is a lot to digest at one time, I know,” Commissioner Shea said in the letter. Corbis via Getty ImagesThe disclosure focuses on police honors, trainings and arrest numbers.
It does not appear to disclose “negotiated plea agreements” — like the one accepted by Officer Danny Acosta, who allegedly lied for years about the circumstances of his shooting of a Bronx teenager.
The database only includes active cops, while the CCRB database included former cops, including Daniel Pantaleo, who was fired after his internal trial over the death of Eric Garner.
Notably also missing is the city’s top cop, who as commissioner is not a uniformed member of service, but had three sustained allegations from a 2003 incident, according to the CCRB database.
In his letter, Shea sought to assure cops that he knew most of them got into policing for the right reasons.
“The vast majority of police officers I know chose this profession to keep people safe and improve the quality of life for millions of New Yorkers,” the top cop wrote. “The moment we swore that oath to protect, we knew we were going to be held to a higher standard than the rest of the world.
“We also knew that immediate expectations made on our capability and desire to uphold that oath would be on us for the entirety of our careers,” he continued. “That is the choice we made, and the commitment we pledged to the people of this great city.”






