BY SAL GRECOThe latest controversy surrounding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, his wife Rama Duwaji, and an anticipated trip to Syria and Lebanon certainly deserves scrutiny. But so does something else: the way the New York Post has chosen to cover Mamdani — and what that coverage says about the newspaper’s priorities when it comes to City Hall and the NYPD.This week, the Post reported that Duwaji was …
FROM BOLD TO ROUTINE: HAS DONALD TRUMP LOST TOUCH WITH THE ELECTORATE THAT PUT HIM BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
BY SAL GRECODonald Trump returned to the White House with something few presidents in modern American history have ever possessed: a political movement built almost entirely around him.He wasn’t simply another Republican president.To millions of Americans, Trump represented disruption.He was bold. Dynamic. Unpredictable. And, to his supporters, brave enough to say things politicians had spent decades …
16 Felonies for Exposing Misconduct? The Daniel Flores Case Puts LAPD Internal Affairs Under the Microscope
BY SAL GRECOThe criminal prosecution of Los Angeles Police Department Officer Daniel Flores has become much more than a dispute over California’s recording laws.It has become a test of how a major American police department handles an officer who documents alleged misconduct inside his own workplace—and what happens when the internal affairs process, administrative discipline and criminal prosecution begin …
From Crime-Fighting Breakthrough to Privacy Backlash: Why LAPD Got the “Flock” Out of Los Angeles
BY SAL GRECOAutomated license plate readers were introduced to police departments across America with a compelling promise: help officers locate stolen vehicles, identify wanted suspects and solve serious crimes faster.But years after Flock Safety cameras rapidly expanded across the country, the technology is facing growing resistance over privacy, accuracy and how information collected on millions of …
NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch Promised Accountability. Another NYPD Lawsuit Raises Questions About What Really Changed
BY SAL GRECOWhen Jessica Tisch took over as New York City Police Commissioner, she was presented as the person who would restore order, accountability and credibility to an NYPD battered by scandal. She was supposed to be the reformer—the steady hand who would clean up a department that had become increasingly synonymous with internal turmoil, misconduct allegations and questions about leadership.Yet another …
EXCLUSIVE : NYPD Communications Division in Crisis: Sources Allege Staffing Disaster Is Pulling Cops From Precincts and Recruits From Training
BY SAL GRECOSources blame management under Deputy Chief Bienvenido Martinez for worsening morale, rising call-outs and an alleged staffing scramble that has uniformed officers answering phones. The Sal Greco Show reached out to NYPD DCPI for answers but received no comment prior to publication.The NYPD Communications Division—the operation responsible for receiving emergency calls that can mean the difference …