In March 1998 I wrote the then Police Commissioner Howard Safir to express my concerns about the handling of unwitnessed track deaths in the subway.
On the 24th of March I received a response from William H. Allee, Chief of Detectives for the entire NYPD which, since 1995, also included personnel formerly part of the Transit Police Department. Below is a copy of his letter which I have modified only to delete my postal address.
On the 24th of March I received a response from William H. Allee, Chief of Detectives for the entire NYPD which, since 1995, also included personnel formerly part of the Transit Police Department. Below is a copy of his letter which I have modified only to delete my postal address.
One wonders whether Chief Allee would consider that NYPD detectives did "thorough and fully scrutinize" the twenty-five track deaths that occurred in 2012.
Or does the NYPD continue the long-established practice of the former Transit Police Department detectives and automatically ignore the possibility of homicide whenever an unwitnessed track death occurs?
Judged by the rapidity in which the NYPD advised the media (in most cases before the Medical Examiner even began the autopsy) that "Foul Play Wasn't Suspected" I believe that it does.
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