Photo by David Greene
Police confirm that on Monday, April 12, 2021, off-duty, New York City Police Officer, Catherine Soto, 31, was arrested in the 48th precinct.
Soto was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale of marijuana, official misconduct, criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.
The 48th precinct covers which covers Belmont, East Tremont, and West Farms. Fordham University’s Bronx campus is nestled in the precinct’s northern corner, Arthur Avenue runs down the center, and the Cross Bronx Expressway and Crotona Park form the southern border.
According to the NYPD’s database of public records, Soto was appointed as a police officer with the NYPD on Jan. 10, 2018. She was assigned to the Special Victim’s Unit on Nov. 16, 2020. There were no details listed for recognition or awards.
She may have been an employee with the NYPD prior to being a police officer as her training records go back to Nov. 9, 2015. Her records show a long list of approximately 272 completed police training courses on various topics. There were no disciplinary records recorded under her name. She has made four felony arrests and 12 arrests for misdemeanors during her time as a police officer.
A person arrested and accused of a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
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Holy shit thank god you guys got her training records!! 272?!?!? I thought she only had 271!!!
So she’s considered innocent until proven guilty but brown people and people of color are guilty until proven innocent and sometimes are shot and killed by the police. They become the judge the jury and the executioner. The smell rules don’t apply to everybody and while I am thinking about it show me where Black policemen shoot and kill white people regularly or any at all . I bet no one can tell you a number because it doesn’t exist. Lastly stop telling us to stop pulling the race card we will when you stop dealing it to us .
Ummm she IS dark skin, you moron. 🤣🤣
😂 Exactly, her name is PO Soto.
With regard to stats and police shooting I’d suggest numbnut read a book before popping off about something she obviously knows nothing about. The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe by
Heather Mac Donald.
First published: Jun 21, 2016
What’s a “brown people and people of color”?
Do you always classify humans by the shade of their pigmentation?
Do you get some kind of a sick kick from making racist comments on social media?
Sick idiot.
😂 Exactly.
With regard to stats, police shooting, and ethnicity, I’d suggest numbnut read a book before popping off about something she obviously knows nothing about. The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe by
Heather Mac Donald.
First published: Jun 21, 2016
If a regular citizen was arrested and charged with these crimes their mugshot would be all over the place. “Officer” Soto’s mugshot is no where to be found. Why? The articles are making this all about weed. She was selling opioids also.
We’re a nonprofit newspaper with limited resources. We put out what we receive officially from our sources including the NYPD and the DA’s office, plus any additional information we retrieve from public police records (if the story involves a police officer). It’s not intentional that her photo is not included but it wasn’t included in the original incident report we received from the police. Indeed, photos of people arrested (be they regular people or otherwise) are rarely, if ever, included in initial police reports. They may come later when the court proceedings begin.
Sorry to hear that she had these charges against her. She is a very nice person and worked with her in the department before she became a P.O. So I hope everything works out for her for her sake and her children.