| 1. In 1985 the NYPD resolved a class-action lawsuit accusing the NYPD’s Special Services Division of conducting surveillance and intelligence gathering against, social, political and religious organizations in violation of their constitutional rights. The agreement, commonly known as the “Handschu Agreement” (Handschu v. Special Services Div., 605 F. Supp. 1384 – Dist. Court, SD New York 1985) restricted the NYPD’s intelligence-gathering operations. After September 11th, 2001- some of these restrictions were re-evaluated. In 2016, settlements (see the links below) were announced in lawsuits brought against the NYPD for it’s intelligence gathering techniques of Muslim communities in the greater New York City area (included Muslim communities in New Jersey. As we discussed in the previous chapter, law enforcement has the responsibility to protect us, but also protect our civil liberties. In your opinion and in reviewing the materials in the links below, do the new policies and procedures go far enough in allowing the NYPD to met both tasks? https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/settlement-nypd-muslim-surveillance-lawsuits-platform-better-oversight (Links to an external site.) https://www.aclu.org/cases/raza-v-city-new-york-legal-challenge-nypd-muslim-surveillance-program 2. The text states that the NYPD has embraced intelligence more than any other agency. What sets NYPD apart from other law enforcement agencies? How is it similar to federal intelligence agencies? Should law enforcement at the local level engage in this type of intelligence gathering? |
