Overview

• On July 11, a New York State Supreme Court judge granted the Police Benevolent Association a temporary restraining order, pausing the NYPD’s directive that 31 officers resign within 24 hours.
• Those officers, hired in 2023 and 2024 despite final disqualification notices for issues such as undisclosed criminal convictions, failed psychological exams and hidden firearms, remain on administrative payroll.
• The PBA argued rank-and-file officers should not be punished for leadership’s flawed vetting and will return July 15 to seek a permanent injunction against the dismissals.
• An internal probe by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau led to Inspector Terrell Anderson’s reassignment and investigation over allegations he altered candidate records to push through ineligible recruits.
• Critics say the force’s severe staffing shortages and lowered college credit requirements intensified recruitment pressures and contributed to these oversight lapses.