Probe Launched Into Police New Years Party By Jewish Liaison

NYC - The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau are investigating an "appreciation party" where Brooklyn cops might got free dinner and drinks - and expensive electronic goodies.

"We want to look at photos taken at the event," said a police source. "We'll identify who was there, have them in for questioning and see where it goes from there."
Officers, including high-ranking brass in suits, got out of unmarked cars and strolled into the E. 49th St. steakhouse, where both sides of the street had been cordoned off for police parking.

The affair was hosted by leaders and liaisons of the orthodox Jewish community from South Williamsburg - a Brooklyn neighborhood.
Police sources close to the investigation said they want to know more about what went on inside last year's bash.
No cops have been charged with any wrongdoing to date.
"We want to know what they were doing there," said a source. "And what, if anything, the people behind the event got."

"It was a community affairs dinner, mostly for the police," said a civilian partygoer, among the last to leave the lavish 2005 event. "Mostly to say thank-you and Happy New Year."
The NYPD does not comment on ongoing internal affairs investigations.