ROCHESTER N.Y. (WROC) – The Rochester Police Accountability Board (PAB) publicized a handful of its reports into police misconduct Sunday. It immediately drew backlash from Rochester city leaders, who had written a letter to the board Friday with legal insight claiming the board does not have the authority to do so.
The categories of misconduct in which the PAB looked into for the reports included Failure to Act, Use of Force, Discourtesy, Abuse of Authority, Discrimination, Search/Seizure, Falsification and Wrongful Arrest.
A total of 31 detailed reports are now on the PAB’s website. The City of Rochester followed up Sunday with an official statement on the matter, condemning the publication of these reports, writing that “It remains the City’s legal position that the Police Accountability Board, per its charter, does not have the authority to publish internal investigative reports, and that publication of such reports, redacted or otherwise, violates local law, the automatic stay of the Fourth Department’s decision in the NYCLU matter, and the City’s own Code of Ethics.”…