NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An attorney on Tuesday claimed some
NYPD detectives in the Bronx lied and arrested innocent people over a period of
several years, in an effort to meet quotas.
As 1010 WINS’ Stan Brooks reported. Peter Tilem, a former
New York City prosecutor, called it “testi-lying,” charging that rogue
narcotics detectives in the Bronx were arresting innocent people on drug charges
and testifying against them in court during a 10-year period starting in the
mid-1990s.
Tilem, who is now in private practice, has demanded a
full-scale investigation.
“We’re asking for the Police Department and District
Attorneys to help in identifying any people who were arrested falsely and may
or may not be sitting in jail,” he said.
One former officer, Genaro Morales, testified that he knew
of officers who lied under oath in the Bronx narcotics unit when he was there
between the mid-1990s and 2006, according to a New York Post report. Morales
claimed that detectives were under severe pressure to meet quotas, and talked about
one specific incident where he claimed police locked up a man who had done
nothing wrong, the newspaper reported.
Both the NYPD and the Bronx District Attorney’s Office
refused to comment on the charges.