Cop broke NYPD rules by hitting ‘record’ button when irate lieutenant yelled at him — and broke new ground

NEW YORK — When his lieutenant got physical in a work-related dispute, a young NYPD officer hit the record button on his body-worn camera — and broke new ground in how the cameras are used and regulated. Officer Christopher Schroeck, 28, turned on the body cam to record his lieutenant, Jeffery Gurley, in the lower Manhattan Public Service Area 4 stationhouse on May 31. Gurley, 41, admitted putting his hands on the young officer’s camera as he yelled at him for being late. The body cam video, obtained by the New York Daily News, shows the end of the blow-up, with Gurley gesturing and pointing a...