Steven Hyland, the commander in charge of the 20th Transit District of the New York Police Department, was removed from his position after allegedly asking subordinates to falsify crime statistics in the city’s subway.
Captain Steven Hyland allegedly ordered two sergeants and a lieutenant to alter reports to downplay the severity of assaults and thefts in the subway. The New York Police Department has removed him from his position.
Internal charges were formally filed against Hyland on Wednesday (19). The NYPD leadership received a tip-off that he had been falsifying a report. After an audit, three more cases involving tampering were discovered.
“When the police commissioner became aware of the investigation, she ordered everyone to treat the case with the utmost seriousness. He was immediately reassigned,” a source told the New York Post.
Hyland was transferred to a lower position in the Brooklyn judiciary system. The New York Police Department confirmed that they found “a small number” of cases that were “intentionally misclassified.”
“Although these few reports did not significantly impact the overall crime numbers in Transit District 20, there is zero tolerance for this type of conduct,” the organization said in a statement.
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