Prosecutors in Staten Island are building an internal list of NYPD officers who they will not allow to testify in court, Gothamist/WNYC has learned. In a November letter sent in response to a Freedom of Information Law request, the Staten Island District Attorney’s Office noted it was constructing a police witness exclusion list, making it only the second New York City DA known to do so.

For police officers, the consequences of being on one of these “Do Not Call” lists are far more severe than in one of the broader databases that DAs across New York City have quietly created to facilitate disclosures about potential honesty issues. While those broader databases collect records, such as court findings, to help prosecutors make disclosures to defense attorneys about alleged dishonesty, the “Do Not Call” lists block prosecutors from ever calling those officers to the stand in the first place.

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