#officer-misconduct

#officer-misconduct

For more than a month, spooked Staten Islanders have wanted to ask NYPD about local cop James Giovansanti, who collected hundreds of speeding tickets and menaced multiple New Yorkers with his pickup truck - but they'll need to wait at least another month to get any answers after 120th Precinct officials abruptly canceled an upcoming community meeting.

Members of the 77th Street Division gang enforcement unit are being investigated for turning off their body cameras and failing to document some traffic stops. Police officials said Tuesday that the anti-gang unit would be temporarily disbanded while the department reviews the matter. The specialized LAPD detail, said to prioritize seizing illegal firearms, was once described as being among the department's "best" tool against gangs by a police union publication.