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The Curious Case of 'Clouseau'

Posted 11/13/20

The NYPD has a serious problem. Either the commanding officer of its Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, James Kobel, has made more than 500 postings on a website, Law Enforcement Rant, known for racist, sexist and other offensive types of comments unbecoming a cop, or someone knowing a great deal about his work life and his family life has been impersonating him.

The NYPD did the right thing in placing the 28-year veteran on modified assignment early this month based on information yielded by both an Internal Affairs Bureau probe and one conducted by the City Council's Oversight and Investigations Committee.

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