"The city's inspector general for the NYPD is launching a probe into a recent number of deaths in police custody, a top-ranking department official told a City Council committee Monday. Michael Gerber, NYPD deputy commissioner of legal matters, announced the investigation during a Sept. 22 meeting of the Council's Public Safety Committee. The Office of the Inspector General for NYPD will handle the case involving no fewer than nine in-custody deaths that have occurred this year."
"Gerber said the NYPD Force Investigation Division has investigated, or is in the process of investigating, the in-custody deaths on its own, but other entities, including the Office of the Inspector General of the NYPD, also have oversight authority. [The] FID will always investigate every death in custody. The State of Commission of Correction does have the authority and mandate to investigate deaths in local correctional facilities, which would encompass some."
The Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD is opening an investigation into no fewer than nine in-custody deaths recorded this year. An announcement at a September 22 City Council Public Safety Committee meeting initiated the investigation. The NYPD Force Investigation Division has investigated or is investigating the deaths internally, while additional oversight authorities include the State Commission of Correction and the Department of Investigation. Notable cases include Christopher Nieves, 46, who died in a Kings County courthouse after allegedly being denied urgent care, and Musa Cetin, 29, who was found unconscious in a Manhattan police station. The Legal Aid Society called the deaths tragic and preventable and urged systemic change.
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