The NYPD has a heavy reputation. Cops are given a lot of power but one man is trying to change that, one badge number at a time.
One man going by BrooklynAudit on Youtube is policing the police by looking up their badge numbers.
Back in 2020, New York passed Section 50 which allows for police officer records to be viewable by the public. That means after looking up an officer’s badge number you can see how many complaints have been made against them and any disciplinary action they have faced. The best part? Cops hate it.
One video that was uploaded to TikTok shows Brooklynaudit calling an officer by his first name after looking up his number.
“How are you doing, Tristan? So far you have three total complaints, two sustained. So don’t fuck around bro,” he says to the visibly annoyed officer.
In another video, he catches cops on their phones and when he runs their badge numbers, the officers disengage.
“Dudes got his own dispatcher running badge numbers, genius” one user comments on Youtube.
The page is full of uncomfortable cops being called their first names and asked about their complaint history. In one video, BrooklynAudit had an encounter with an officer who shot a citizen in the arm and had all the charges dismissed.
Public recorders have become the perfect uno reverse and with BrooklynAudit’s growing channel, there may be some more vigilante auditors out in the streets.
No more secrets in Gotham.
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