New York City’s domestic violence hotline reported a rise in the number of calls it received after an initial decrease in March as the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep people in their homes. Meanwhile, the NYPD noted a decline in police complaints for domestic violence since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Safe Horizon, which runs New…

A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer recently decided to resign rather than undergo a disciplinary process for a violent home break-in in July 2018. Michael Reynolds, 26, admitted to mistakenly entering a black woman’s home and threatening her family. The incident occurred when he was attending a bachelor party with two other NYPD officers in…

Brill Legal Group is pleased to announce that the law firm recently obtained an acquittal for a client who was facing 32 felony charges for engaging in sexual acts with a teenager on at least five occasions and recording the encounters. A Bronx Supreme Court jury found the firm’s client, a former NYPD officer, not…

The Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) slammed the New York Police Department’s decision to take away the vacation time of a police supervisor who faced disciplinary charges associated with the banned chokehold death of Eric Garner. NYPD Sgt. Kizzy Adonis was accused of failing to properly supervise officers when she arrived at the scene of the…