Police Officer Testimony: A Quarter of a Century After the Mollen Commission

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The City Bar held “Police Officer Testimony: A Quarter of a Century After the Mollen Commission,” on October 3, 2017. Panelists discussed police testimony; what type of training new police officers receive on this subject; challenges by the defense; and what role the prosecution and judiciary should play. From left: John S. Kiernan, President, New York City Bar Association; Hon Dineen Riviezzo, Supreme Court, Kings County; Hon. Barry Kamins (Moderator), Former Supreme Court Justice; Author, New York Search & Seizure; Alan Dershowitz, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University; Justine Olderman, Managing Director, Bronx Defenders Services; Hon. Cyrus Vance, Jr., Manhattan District Attorney; and Hon. Lawrence Byrne, Deputy Commissioner for Legal Matters, NYPD.