The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau arbitrarily spies on its own officers and discriminates against minorities in choosing who to snoop on, according to a pair of Brooklyn federal lawsuits filed Thursday.
Two black female IAB officers also claim that their white male superiors expect them to provide secretarial and sexual favors in exchange for promotions, the suits claim.
“Plaintiff alleges that African-American Female Officers’ in particular, are expected to engage in the stereotypical behaviors of being primarily subservient to primarily Caucasian Male police supervisors by acting as their “personal secretaries, paramours, or sex partners,” the suits allege.
Black female staffers in the IAB who don’t play the game are routinely denied promotions and preferred assignments, according to the suits.
Calling the IAB a “Good Ole Boys” club, the women allege that agency brass routinely tap random officers home and cellular phones and look into their private financial records as part of dubious investigations, the suits state.
Black and Hispanic officers who file discrimination claims against the department mysteriously become targets of IAB “fishing” missions, the suits claim.
“Plaintiff alleges that these actions dissuade complainants and others from asserting or supporting discrimination,” the women claim.
White officers who fall under the IAB microscope often face less severe discipline than their minority counterparts, the suits claims.
IAB Officers Shirley Pelage and Diane Davis have sued the city, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and IAB bureau chief Charles Campisi for racial discrimination.