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Investigations Of Police Brutality By City Cops FindBelievable Evidence In aGrowing Number Of Complaints

By Newsradio 88 Staff

Civilian complaints against NYPD officers are down in the first half of this year as compared to last, but in the first six months of 1997, the Civilian Complaint Review Board has found credible evidence of police wrongdoing in more cases than in all of 1996.

The Daily News reports the CCRB fully investigated more than 1,600 complaints from January thru the end of June--substantiating 281, as opposed to 259 cases referred to the police department for action in all of 1996.

A CCRB spokesman tells the News they've added 30 investigators in an overhaul that kicked off in mid 1996.

The CCRB logged 25 calls per day in August as opposed to 10 a day prior to reports of the alleged police attack on Abner Louima.