The Nypd Tapes

After a decade playing footsie with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the New York Press Club awarded its top prize to a hard-hitting series that exposed how the NYPD's lack of transparency harms the public.

When the Times awakens, beware: there is nothing more dangerous to a politician or a police commissioner who harbors political ambitions.

A small story deep inside the Daily News could cause big problems for NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Federal prosecutors, the story said, want to talk to whistleblower cop Adrian Schoolcraft.

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice has become The Forbidden City. The college barred reporters from hearing criminologists detail an inconvenient truth: the NYPD is low-balling crime statistics.

In a bizarre attempt at damage control, police department officials offered whistleblower cop Adrian Schoolcraft a sweetheart deal if he rejoined the NYPD fold.

For those quick to dismiss NYPD whistle-blower Adrian Schoolcraft, remember that nobody initially believed Frank Serpico.

The hospital record of a whistleblower cop thrown into a psychiatric ward after exposing NYPD wrongdoing is filled with inconsistencies about his mental state.

Whether whiner or whistleblower, police officer Adrian Schoolcraft continues to damage the credibility of the New York City Police Department.

The Village Voice has some nasty things to report about Steven Mauriello, the NYPD commander for Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct. Mauriello is a man under fire, but the community meeting he presided over last night was mostly sedate.