Recently released surveillance and body camera footage showing an NYPD van fatally hitting a man on a busy Brooklyn street raises questions about whether the officers involved were driving safely and following their training before and after the crash.
Officer Orkhan Mamedov soon after the incident, captured on his partner's body worn camera.The NYPD did not respond to multiple questions about the officer’s actions in the body camera footage, citing an open investigation by its Force Investigation Division. The Civilian Complaint Review Board is also reviewing the incident for potential NYPD policy violations. The state attorney general’s office is conducting a criminal investigation, asthe agency to do for all killings by law enforcement.
Several policing experts who reviewed the footage for Gothamist had questions about the van’s speed — especially on a rainy night. Shamus Smith, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and former NYPD officer who was an instructor at the training academy for almost five years, wondered if there was a legitimate reason for the police van to be driving faster than the speed of traffic.
Jeffrey Fagan, a policing expert at Columbia Law School, said in an email that the footage of the car driving onto the median looked like a “cascade of negligence.” He said the officer should have been driving with more caution, given that the rain could have impaired his vision.The three-minute recordings from Mamedov’s and Siegel’s body cameras provide a closer look at the officers’ response, though they are redacted at some points to hide Smith’s body.
Smith credited Mamedov for acting quickly and communicating a sense of urgency while asking for help. He said only using one hand for chest compressions “may not have been the best way” but noted that Mamedov was multitasking. He also said that most NYPD officers don’t receive advanced CPR training. Instead, they’re given basic tools to respond until more experienced medical professionals can take over.
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