Police brass listens as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and NYPD Commissioner Jim O'Neil conduct a news conference, Jan. 4, 2017, in New York. NYC recorded its fewest number of shootings last year

The Federal Probe Into the NYPD's Special Victims Division

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 13, 2022

The Department of Justice has opened a federal probe into NYPD's Special Victims Division, which handles the department's sex crimes investigations. Meg O'Connor, a reporter covering police and prosecutors at The Appeal, discusses the federal probe and her reporting about the scandal-plagued unit.

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