An NYPD officer recently violated the city’s sanctuary city law and gaps in the department’s policies leave it vulnerable to similar violations in the future, a new report from the New York City Department of Investigation found.
Following demands from the City Council, DOI released their findings on Wednesday detailing five incidents where members of the NYPD allegedly violated city law by cooperating with federal immigration authorities. DOI found that there was only one case of these five where an NYPD officer actually violated the law but the other four incidents revealed gaps in NYPD policy that could have ramifications if not addressed.
The incident in which an officer broke city law occurred on Nov.21, 2024, when an NYPD officer from the Homeland Security Investigations Violent Gang Task Force was contacted by his federal counterparts. The federal agents asked the NYPD officer to place alerts on several individuals for “potential civil immigration enforcement.” The alerts would notify the officer whenever these specific individuals had interactions with the NYPD…