Cop won’t comment

Legal Aid, as a counter to police secrecy, has the Cop Accountability Project, a database of cops accused of behaving badly.

Lawyers also depend on media accounts of cops accused of misconduct, as well as internal disciplinary records that do occasionally come to light.

“These lawsuits are important,” civil rights lawyer Michael Hueston said. “It’s a mechanism where we can hold officers accountable.”

Hueston represents two men who’ve sued the NYPD for false arrest after Grieco and other cops on Oct. 6, 2015, raided an East New York apartment without a warrant. The city denied the allegations in its response to the suits.

The men were charged with marijuana possession, but the accusations were later dropped. “When I talk to the city about over-policing of black communities, I say, ‘Why don’t they do this at NYU and Columbia?’” Hueston said.

“People say there’s no psychological harm to someone arrested and held for 24 hours. That’s not true. The damage is actually quite profound,” he added.

When The News tried to speak to Grieco (above) outside his Long Island home, he refused to comment.

Ed Mullins, head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said he doesn’t know Grieco, but added that proactive cops are often sued. He also said the city has traditionally been too quick to settle lawsuits as the cost of doing business.