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Sarah Taddeo

is the a 2013 newspaper and online journalism alumna and lead editor for the Driving Force and Good Cop Bad Cop, joint investigations between the USA TODAY Network-New York and Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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Kalib Manning, who is going through the Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy in Elmira, checks the side mirrors as he weaves in and out of the cones in reverse while Officer Bryant Tranchant grades his driving skills. Manning willl be joining Tompkins County Sheriff's Department when he graduates the academy.
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Driving Force

Uncovering the costly pattern of NY police crashes
by Sarah Taddeo
Published On: February 19, 2024

Our reporting team found a troubling series of hundreds of police crashes in NY. Here's how we investigated the problem.