NEW YORK — The Civilian Complaint Review Board says it has substantiated complaints of misconduct against 104 NYPD officers for actions during the Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020.

The police oversight entity says of the 319 complaints made during the protests, 269 have been closed and 187 substantiated allegations were found against 104 members of service.

“New Yorkers have waited a long time to see accountability for the misconduct that occurred in the 2020 protests, and we hope to work closely with the Department to improve NYPD adoption of CCRB recommendations and rebuild police-community relations," says CCRB Interim Chair Arva Rice.

The CCRB says it recommends “charges and specifications,” the highest level of discipline, against 61 officers. The agency says those officers should face an administrative trial.

The police watchdog group says despite its recommendations, the NYPD has only disciplined 10 of the 24 officers whose cases have been finalized. The agency also says 32% of the cases could not be investigated because of the inability to identify officers.

In a statement, the NYPD says its officers "are entitled to due process and may choose to go forward with an administrative trial where evidence must be presented and may be challenged." They added that the trials are made public, as well as any discipline that results from a guilty finding or guilty plea.

"Like any citizen, police officers should be afforded a presumption of innocence until and unless proven guilty," the NYPD's statement reads, in part.

The NYPD adds that it has assisted the CCRB's investigations by "providing hundreds of hours of body-worn-camera footage as well as thousands of pages of records" and said they will "move forward with the CCRB in the process of adjudicating these cases."