Police Benevolent Association (PBA)<\/a> has called for the removal of Dr. Mohammad Khalid, whom the union has dubbed \u201cbiased\u201d against cops. As a board member, Dr. Khalid participated in voting to substantiate allegations against officers, and according to the PBA, he has among the highest numbers of votes against officers of all, at 95% from January to September.<\/p>\n\u201cThe blatant bias at the CCRB makes it harder for cops to protect New Yorkers,\u201d the PBA wrote on X. \u201cThe board is stacked with members who vote against cops almost 100% of the time.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
On Oct. 31, the PBA wrote a letter to Mayor Eric Adams, demanding that he remove Dr. Khalid, as they claim he also held a separate position on Staten Island Community Board 2 \u2014 which, they argued, not only violates his eligibility to hold the seat but also renders any cases he oversaw invalid.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a Board Member with a conflict of interest, Dr. Khalid improperly participated in those panels and undeniably influenced the outcome of countless cases where CCRB substantiated and recommended discipline of alleged misconduct. His participation in these determinations are extremely problematic as substantiations are used as the basis for charges against the officer, as well as the ultimate disciplinary determination by the NYPD, and they follow police officers for the remainder of their careers as they are both publicly available and incorporated into their personnel file,\u201d part of the letter read.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 7, the PBA got its wish when the CCRB announced that Dr. Khalid submitted his formal resignation, leaving his post as board chair.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cHis tenure as Interim Chair of the CCRB saw great steps forward for the Agency. He advocated for an increased budget and headcount to help fulfill the work of civilian oversight of police. He led by example in letting the values of objectivity and impartiality guide his decision-making,\u201d part of a statement released by the CCRB read. \u201cHe cared deeply about each case he reviewed, and he always sought to follow the law and the facts, no matter what. The CCRB and its entire staff wish him the best as he departs the Agency, and it thanks him for his tireless effort and the lasting impact he had as its leader.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources with the PBA said they believe it was the organization\u2019s pressure that led to the resignation. However, when reaching out for comment, the CCRB directed amNewYork back to the resignation announcement.<\/p>\n
The blistering feud reached a boiling point last month when now-Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stated that he would like to see final disciplinary powers removed from the police commissioner and placed in the hands of the CCRB, a proposal that Dr. Khalid championed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole discipline authority should be given to the CCRB,\u201d Dr. Khalid said during an October City Council Hearing, \u201cWe are a tiger, but we don\u2019t have the teeth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
PBA President Patrick Hendry responded to the resignation by charging that every case in which Dr. Khalid was involved that adversely affected a police officer should be thrown out.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Khalid\u2019s biased voting record, his disregard for CCRB\u2019s own rules and procedures, and his dangerous plan to strip away the police commissioner\u2019s authority made it clear that police officers were never going to get fair treatment from CCRB under his watch,\u201d Hendry said. \u201cHis resignation is an important first step, but much more is required to make CCRB into the impartial agency mandated by the City Charter. Dr. Khalid must be replaced by a fair-minded chair, and every case that went against a police officer should be thrown out.\u201d<\/p>\n
No successor to Khalid at the CCRB has yet been named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PBA president Patrick Hendry (left) and Dr. Mohammad Khalid. Photo by Dean Moses and NYC.gov The chair of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":373182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,179594,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,55854,24672,7207,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-373181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ccrb","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nypd","17":"tag-pba","18":"tag-pm-newsletter","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115535017693216392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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