The city has allocated $1.6 million to fund the revamped Civilian Complaint Review Board, which has traditionally been a toothless, opaque system that was easily dismissed by the NYPD, but will now have the power to prosecute police officers accused of wrongdoing. According to the Wall Street Journal, the board's Administrative Prosecution Unit will include a chief, a deputy, ten prosecutors, and five investigators, and the funding will kick in on July 1. more ›

The Civilian Complaint Review Board [CCRB] has been given the power to prosecute NYPD officers suspected of wrongdoing, according to an agreement reached by the City Council, the Mayor, and the NYPD Commissioner. The change has been described as a "milestone in the history of civilian police oversight in New York City," in the words of Daniel D. Chu, the president of the board, which receives thousands of complaints against police officers every year. more ›

An unpaid summer intern with the Civilian Complaint Review Board [CCRB] was caught by cops with an illegal gun and a blunt in his apartment yesterday. Cops were called to the East New York apartment of 22-year-old intern Jeffrey Peralta after neighbors reported that there was an emotionally disturbed person inside. It's unclear what Peralta was so upset about (besides being an unpaid intern) but the situation quickly went sideways for him when cops saw him "pacing back and forth while holding a black object in his hand and acting irrationally," the Post reports. more ›

The Civilian Complaint Review Board might as well change its name to the Civilian Complaint Review Ignored. Complaints about police misconduct will hit a record high this year, but the CCRB's budget has been slashed. 26 investigators are being cut from the payroll, so half of the cases will be dropped because investigators can't meet the 18-month statute of limitations. It gets worse... more ›