08-26-2007, 01:57 AM
A FEW FACTS ABOUT POLICE CHIEF TIMONEY
According to Amnesty International's June 1996 report on the NYPD, which used official police statistics, in 1994, the first year that Timoney was second in command at the NYPD, the city saw a 34% increase in civilians shot dead. In the same year, there was also a 53.3% increase in civilians shot dead in police custody as well as an increase in the number of civilians injured from officers' firearms discharge during the same period.
According to Amnesty International's June 1996 report on the NYPD, which used official police statistics, in 1994, the first year that Timoney was second in command at the NYPD, the city saw a 34% increase in civilians shot dead. In the same year, there was also a 53.3% increase in civilians shot dead in police custody as well as an increase in the number of civilians injured from officers' firearms discharge during the same period. Amnesty also reports that the New York City Civilian Review Board reported that it received 4,920 new complaints in 1994, an increase of 37.43 percent over the previous year (Amnesty International, Police Brutality in the New York City Police Department).
When Timoney was the First Deputy to New York City's Police Commissioner, civilian complaints about police abuse rose by 50 percent in communities of color.
Timoney then moved on to become first in command of the Philadelphia Police Department.
According to USA Today, in the time Timoney was commissioner of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County has lost more people than any other in the USA (8/13/00).
According to Amnesty International's June 1996 report on the NYPD, which used official police statistics, in 1994, the first year that Timoney was second in command at the NYPD, the city saw a 34% increase in civilians shot dead. In the same year, there was also a 53.3% increase in civilians shot dead in police custody as well as an increase in the number of civilians injured from officers' firearms discharge during the same period.
According to Amnesty International's June 1996 report on the NYPD, which used official police statistics, in 1994, the first year that Timoney was second in command at the NYPD, the city saw a 34% increase in civilians shot dead. In the same year, there was also a 53.3% increase in civilians shot dead in police custody as well as an increase in the number of civilians injured from officers' firearms discharge during the same period. Amnesty also reports that the New York City Civilian Review Board reported that it received 4,920 new complaints in 1994, an increase of 37.43 percent over the previous year (Amnesty International, Police Brutality in the New York City Police Department).
When Timoney was the First Deputy to New York City's Police Commissioner, civilian complaints about police abuse rose by 50 percent in communities of color.
Timoney then moved on to become first in command of the Philadelphia Police Department.
According to USA Today, in the time Timoney was commissioner of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County has lost more people than any other in the USA (8/13/00).