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Edits to Wikipedia Pages Traced to 1 Police Plaza
"Computers operating on the New York Police Department’s computer network at its 1 Police Plaza headquarters have been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of alleged police brutality, a review by Capital has revealed.
'The matter is under internal review,' an NYPD spokeswoman, Det. Cheryl Crispin, wrote in an email to Capital after examples of the changes were presented to the NYPD.
The edits and changes were linked to the NYPD through a series of Internet Protocol addresses, or IP addresses, which can be publicly tracked by various websites....
Computer users identified by Capital as working on the NYPD headquarters' network have edited and attempted to delete Wikipedia entries for several well-known victims of police altercations, including entries for Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo. Capital identified 85 NYPD addresses that have edited Wikipedia, although it is unclear how many users were involved, as computers on the NYPD network can operate on the department’s range of IP addresses.
NYPD IP addresses have also been used to edit entries on stop-and-frisk, NYPD scandals, and prominent figures in the city’s political and police leadership."
"Computers operating on the New York Police Department’s computer network at its 1 Police Plaza headquarters have been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of alleged police brutality, a review by Capital has revealed.
'The matter is under internal review,' an NYPD spokeswoman, Det. Cheryl Crispin, wrote in an email to Capital after examples of the changes were presented to the NYPD.
The edits and changes were linked to the NYPD through a series of Internet Protocol addresses, or IP addresses, which can be publicly tracked by various websites....
Computer users identified by Capital as working on the NYPD headquarters' network have edited and attempted to delete Wikipedia entries for several well-known victims of police altercations, including entries for Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo. Capital identified 85 NYPD addresses that have edited Wikipedia, although it is unclear how many users were involved, as computers on the NYPD network can operate on the department’s range of IP addresses.
NYPD IP addresses have also been used to edit entries on stop-and-frisk, NYPD scandals, and prominent figures in the city’s political and police leadership."
Star gets action: Crown must now report police who lie
Ontario’s Crown attorneys will soon be required to report cases where they believe police officers have lied under oath.
The new policy comes after a Star investigation earlier this year that found more than 100 cases of police deception in Ontario and across the country.
The Star also found that Ontario, like most provinces, had no formal mechanism to investigate allegations of police lying in court.
“When there are concerns raised about the integrity of our justice system, we take them very seriously,” said Attorney General John Gerretsen, who ordered his ministry probe the issue in April following the Star investigation.
“It is important that we determine whether those concerns are warranted. If so, we must do something to address them. That is exactly what we have done here.”
Read on...
The new policy comes after a Star investigation earlier this year that found more than 100 cases of police deception in Ontario and across the country.
The Star also found that Ontario, like most provinces, had no formal mechanism to investigate allegations of police lying in court.
“When there are concerns raised about the integrity of our justice system, we take them very seriously,” said Attorney General John Gerretsen, who ordered his ministry probe the issue in April following the Star investigation.
“It is important that we determine whether those concerns are warranted. If so, we must do something to address them. That is exactly what we have done here.”
Read on...
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