Statement from NYPD Deputy Commissioner Phil Walzak on June 2, 2018:
“Going back to 2016, the NYPD and all five of the local prosecutors, along with the
Special Narcotics Prosecutor and the Offices of the United States Attorneys for the
Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, have worked closely to develop a system
that promptly responds to prosecutors’ requests for information about
officers’ disciplinary histories.
As a result of this process, requests from Assistant District Attorneys(“ADAs”) are
routinely fulfilled on a timely basis. Indeed, on several occasions when ADAs from New
York County have indicated an urgent need, the NYPD has provided the requested
documents within days. 
The NYPD’s Legal Bureau — at the request of the working group — has made a
number of substantive changes to improve how these requests are processed to ensure
greater efficiency. This includes creating one single  responsive point of contact for all of
the City’s prosecutors’ offices; 
The NYPD has never been advised by any of the City’s prosecutors — including the
Manhattan DA - that a prosecutor was unable to effectively try a case, or failed to fulfill a
disclosure obligation, due to an inability to obtain relevant information from the NYPD.
 This is despite those occasions on which DANY has made last minute requests, which
have required the NYPD’s immediate attention and thereby delayed responses to
pending requests from other prosecutors’ offices.
The mischaracterizations in this letter are both blatant and disappointing, and they
ignore the realities of the partnership that has been developed over the past two
years with all of the City’s prosecutors.  The NYPD doesn’t insist on “checklists”; and all
relevant police documents and video are shared with prosecutors. 
Despite the fact this letter is misleading and riddled with inaccuracies, the NYPD values
the relationship between the Department and all of the City’s prosecutors, and hopes to
strengthen it. We all share the same goal: to maintain the dramatic improvement in
public safety that New York City has enjoyed over the past 25 years.”