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The Ithaca Police Department recently identified in the IPD Investigations Division a deeply
troubling failure across nearly a decade to investigate a broad array of cases. Most heart-
breaking amongst these inadequately-investigated cases is an array of reported sex offenses; the
impacts of these investigatory failures were by definition deeply traumatic for victims who came
to the IPD seeking help and justice, and found none.
The Department has provided detailed records of this failure to both the District Attorney’s
Office and the Office of the Attorney General and will of course cooperate in any further
investigations that they may choose to pursue. The IPD is also taking appropriate action with
respect to officers involved in this failure at that time, including seeking the termination of the
officer directly responsible for these failings.
The Department also asks any members of the public to come forward in the event that you feel
your previous complaint—particularly of a sex offense—went unanswered by the IPD.
Mayor Myrick notes “I am shocked and saddened by these revelations, which can easily erode
public confidence in the IPD. I do, however, draw encouragement from the confidence that I
have in the IPD’s current leadership, including a new Chief, a new Deputy Chief for Professional
Standards, and new policies established by new leadership in the Investigations Division, under
which the IPD is proactively ensuring that a failure of this sort will never happen again.”