This website was established to review and discuss the process and investigation of citizen complaints against police officers. For far too long the “internal affairs” function within many police agencies has been a closed one. The function is one of paramount accountability and integrity. Through various studies and interviews I have found that this system does not reach its optimal goals regarding thoroughness, fairness and timeliness. Additionally, impartiality is blurred and police officers are unfairly targeted by police executives in numerous instances and citizen complaints are either ignored entirely or receive little attention. This conclusion is rooted in the official police data that every municipal police agency in New Jersey is mandated to file and make public but fails to do so.

Richard Rivera
info@wnypd.com