A retired Nassau County police officer alleges that department Commissioner Patrick Ryder used a racial slur to describe a Black former member of the force during an off-duty tirade seven years ago, according to newly filed court papers.
investigation that showed only 36 Black police officers had been hired from a pool of some 2,500 Black applicants in the six years following a previous hiring test used to create a pool of qualified candidates. The investigation showed that of some 3,390 Hispanic applicants from the same applicant pool, just 89 were hired.
After the report, the District Attorney’s Office ordered a review, and later a policy change: The office would no longer prosecute people on felony charges for the infraction and drivers would instead be issued tickets.The new controversy represents continuing fallout from an arrest made nearly nine years ago.
It was sometime after Sharpe’s acquittal that Volpe said he had the encounter with Ryder. The case put the conduct of the arresting police officers under a spotlight as well. Brewington told reporters that Sharpe’s arrest and treatment by her fellow officers wasVolpe said under oath that Ryder approached him in 2015 while both were off-duty, and Ryder blamed him for losing the criminal trial against Sharpe, who subsequently filed a $24 million lawsuit against the county.
Later in the deposition, Volpe was asked if he reported Ryder’s use of the slur to the department. Volpe answered that he did not.
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