纽约市长佐兰·曼达尼周一表示，他已下令纽约警察局审查其使用武力政策，并关闭一个漏洞，该漏洞曾允许一名警官在因一名青少年死亡而面临纪律审判之前退休。此次审查将是十年来对警察局使用武力政策的首次全面检视。此举源于2024年3月，19岁的温·罗扎里奥在精神病发作期间致电警察前往其皇后区住所，随后被警方击毙。
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday said he had ordered the NYPD to review its use-of-force policies and close a loophole that allowed an officer to retire before his disciplinary trial over the death of a teenager. The review will be the first comprehensive examination of the police department’s use-of-force policies in a decade. It stems from the March 2024 shooting death of 19-year-old Win Rozario, who had called police to his Queens home during a psychotic episode.
纽约州总检察长办公室特别调查部门决定不对涉事警官提起刑事指控，认定其使用致命武力符合正当防卫的法律标准。随身摄像头录像显示，罗扎里奥在拿起一把剪刀并多次向警官逼近后，被警员在其住所内两次使用电击枪并五次开枪击中。事后不久，他被送往医院宣布死亡。曼达尼说：“我们有义务对温的家人以及每一个在危机时刻呼救的纽约人负责。‘此次审查旨在确保我们的政策体现这一责任，即我们的警官拥有所需的指导和培训，以及纽约市民及其家人能够相信这座城市会以关怀和尊重对待他们。’”
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation declined to pursue criminal charges against the officers who killed Rozario, concluding their use of deadly force met the legal standard for self-defense. Body-worn camera footage showed Rozario was tasered twice and shot five times inside his home after he grabbed a pair of scissors and repeatedly advanced toward the officers. He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly afterward.“We have an obligation to Win’s family and to every New Yorker who calls for help in a moment of crisis,” Mamdani said. “This review is about making sure our policies reflect that responsibility, that our officers have the guidance and training they need and that New Yorkers and their families can trust their city will treat them with care and dignity.”
尽管总检察长办公室决定不提起刑事诉讼，但纽约警察局警官萨尔瓦托雷·阿隆吉和马修·钱弗罗科仍面临内部纪律处分。然而，阿隆吉于5月被允许以医疗残疾退休金形式退休。他的退休实际上终止了由平民投诉审查委员会（市政府负责追究警察不当行为指控的机构）针对他的程序。
New York Police Department officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco continued to face internal disciplinary charges even after the attorney general declined to prosecute, but Alongi was allowed to retire on a medical disability pension in May. His retirement effectively ended proceedings against him by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the city agency responsible for pursuing police misconduct allegations.
其调查结果可能导致纪律处分，包括向警察局长建议解雇一名警官。审查委员会表示，奇安弗罗科仍将面临纪律审判。警察局长杰西卡·蒂施表示，该部门未能通知审查委员会阿隆吉已被转介进行残疾退休评估，这是一个错误。纽约警方此后建立了一套系统，当正在接受调查的警官申请退休时，会向监督官员发出警报，以便在警官离开警队前完成纪律程序。
Its findings can result in disciplinary action, including a recommendation to the police commissioner to fire an officer. Cianfrocco will still face a disciplinary trial, the review board said. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department made a mistake by failing to notify the review board that Alongi had been referred for a disability retirement assessment. The NYPD has since established a system to alert oversight officials when an officer under investigation applies for retirement, allowing time to complete disciplinary proceedings before the officer leaves the force.
曼达尼周一表示，他还将要求纽约警方向州政府报告仍有待处理纪律指控而退休的警官，以进行取消资格认定，这将防止他们被纽约州其他警察部门雇佣。曼达尼说：“每一位纽约人都有权知道武力的使用将合法、谨慎且仅在必要时才会被使用。”代表纽约警方警官的警仁会主席帕特里克·亨德里表示，市长呼吁审查该部门的武力使用政策，旨在安抚他的“激进派基础”。请致函杰克·莫尔菲特，邮箱：jack.morphet@wsj.com。
Mamdani on Monday said he would also require the NYPD to report officers who retire with pending disciplinary charges to the state for decertification, which would prevent them from being hired by other police departments in New York state.“Every New Yorker deserves to know that force will be used lawfully, carefully and only when necessary,” Mamdani said. Patrick Hendry, head of the Police Benevolent Association representing NYPD officers, said the mayor’s call to review the department’s use of force policies was meant to appease his “radical base.”Write to Jack Morphet at jack.morphet@wsj.com