Around 150 police officers violated NYPD rules during the chaotic 2020 George Floyd protests, according to a CCRB report.

Nearly 150 cops violated NYPD rules during the George Floyd protests – and the number would likely be significantly higher if officers didn’t cover up their badge numbers and their superiors didn’t know where they were assigned, according to a scathing report. published on Monday by the Civilian Complaint. Board of reviews.

The report says that during the 2020 protests, 146 police officers violated NYPD rules 269 times, with 34 demonstrators beaten with batons, 28 pepper sprayed and 59 beaten with physical force.

But there were 609 additional applications that were closed because CCRB investigators were never able to identify the officer involved.

In these cases, the report cites “widespread and targeted actions taken by officers to conceal their identities, such as wearing mourning armbands over their shields or refusing to give their name and shield to civilians, and the failure of the NYPD to track down and document where officers are vehicles and equipment were involved.”

These 609 incidents account for 43% of the 1,402 allegations investigated.

The 590-page report is the latest chapter in the aftermath of the massive protests that erupted after Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.

The NYPD has made more than 2,000 arrests and has largely defended its treatment of the demonstrations, noting that on many occasions, rioters bent on destruction attacked and wounded police officers, including two lieutenants, who were bludgeoned to death with bricks, set fire to police cars, and looted elite the shops. especially in Soho. The video shows a series of violent clashes between police and protesters, as well as outright acts of vandalism and other crimes by rioters.

Then-NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said at one point that the officers had demonstrated they were capable of moving in and arresting the rioters, allowing the peaceful protesters to keep moving. And in an interview with the city’s Department of Investigations in late 2020, he said he thought the NYPD was well prepared for the demonstrations and that “the officers did a phenomenal job under extremely difficult circumstances.”

But the Department of Investigation later released a 111-page report concluding that the NYPD was unprepared, using riot control tactics that escalated street tension and violated protesters’ First Amendment rights.

“The response was indeed a failure on many levels,” then-DOI Commissioner Margaret Garnett said. And then-mayor de Blasio said he agreed with the report’s findings, although he noted that most of the cops were doing their jobs right.

The CCRB says in its new report that it received 321 complaints and fully investigated 226 of them, many of which involved multiple officers and allegations.

Of the 226 cases, 88 were confirmed, and the CCRB recommended departmental charges against 89 officers and command discipline, generally for lost vacation days, against 57 others. To date, 78 cases have been fully resolved in the NYPD Courtroom at 1 Police Plaza, and 42 officers have been disciplined.

The report cites a number of high-profile incidents, including police officers in two patrol cars driving through a crowd of protesters in Brooklyn, protesters in Manhattan being pepper sprayed, and a mass arrest of more than 250 protesters who were surrounded by police in the Bronx.

The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the findings of the new report.

Arva Rice, interim chairman of the CCRB, said the NYPD needs to do better and hold officers who do the wrong thing accountable.

“It’s important for New York to know how best to respond to protests, especially protests against police misconduct,” Rice said in a statement. “In addition, it is critical that officers be held accountable in order to restore the public’s trust in the NYPD.”