DOJ accuses Mount Vernon, N.Y., police of systematic civil rights violations
Federal prosecutors are accusing the Mount Vernon Police Department of committing civil rights violations, routinely using excessive force, making arbitrary arrests and conducting unlawful strip and body cavity searches.
Woman describes encounter with Mount Vernon police: ‘No mercy on me’
Mount Vernon resident Linda McNair detailed her 2020 encounter with Mount Vernon police, in which she was falsely accused of handing over cash to buy drugs. It’s the same encounter described in the executive summary of a new scathing Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Mount Vernon Police Department (MVPD),
Mount Vernon promises police reforms in wake of scathing DOJ report
The U.S. Department of Justice found Mount Vernon police routinely use excessive force and often arrest people without probable cause.
Mount Vernon Police Department facing civil rights violations from DOJ investigation
The Mount Vernon Police Department in Westchester County, New York is facing civil rights violations from the Justice Department.
Mount Vernon officials respond to DOJ investigation report into police department
The City of Mount Vernon on Friday laid out its future steps to be taken by the police after an investigation from the Department of Justice revealed multiple civil rights violations.
DOJ Report Reveals Mount Vernon Police Department's Routine Civil Rights Violations and Misconduct
A DOJ report reveals the Mount Vernon police department's routine civil rights violations, including illegal arrests and unnecessary strip searches.
Mount Vernon Police’s Strip Searches Were Unconstitutional, U.S. Says
A report by federal prosecutors found that a Westchester County police department violated the Fourth Amendment “on an enormous scale.”
Mount Vernon Police Department under investigation for repeat violations of civil rights
The DOJ's three-year investigation found Mount Vernon officers used excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encounters and by overusing tasers and closed-fist strikes against individuals already on the ground.
Excessive Force, Illegal Arrests: Feds Allege Violations By Mount Vernon Police Department
A police department in Westchester has been found to engage in a pattern of excessive force, illegal arrests, and unconstitutional searches, federal officials announced.The findings, which centered on the Mount Vernon Police Department,
NYC Suburban Police Force Strip Searched Nearly All Arrestees, DOJ Says
A Department of Justice report finds that the Mount Vernon Police Department grossly violated residents’ rights, including ...
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Excessive Force, Illegal Arrests: Feds Allege Violations By Police Department In Westchester
A police department in Westchester has been found to engage in a pattern of excessive force, illegal arrests, and ...
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Here’s where police are being investigated for excessive force, discrimination and other allegations
In March 2023, the DOJ issued findings that the Louisville ... bid Federal authorities were asked to investigate the Mount Vernon Police Department in a suburb of New York City by the ...
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Suburban NYC police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says
The report on a pattern and practice of police misconduct at the department in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City, ...