Civil liberties accuses NYPD of bullying students

Police Department employees that patrol New York's public schools are too quick to bully students over minor infractions, a civil rights group charged in a paper released Sunday, reports Newsday.

And one of the complaints listed was their improper enforcement of a NY school rule that bans iPods and cell phones - a rule to be enforced by the schools, not the NYPD.

"The New York Civil Liberties Union said that in recent years it has received hundreds of complaints from both students and teachers about foul language, rough treatment and unwarranted arrests by the NYPD's 4,827 school safety agents. "

emily | 6:51 PM | SMS and Students |
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