COUNCIL HOPEFUL EARNS BACKING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
ORGANIZATION: OFFERS PLATFORM ON POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES
Staten Island, N.Y. - 49th City Council (North
Shore) candidate Debi Rose today received the endorsement from 100 Black in Law
Enforcement Who Care, a citywide police and criminal justice system
organization, in her quest to become the next City Council member from the
North Shore of Staten Island.
“I am extremely proud to have earned the support from
100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care because it is an organization committed
to not only providing public safety in the City of New York but also for its
mission of providing leadership on many issues facing our communities, such as
education and civil rights,” Ms. Rose stated. “Given the recent
history of the frayed relationship between the police department and the
community and a mistrust of the criminal justice system, 100 Blacks in Law
Enforcement provides a need voice in the ongoing discussion of and improvements
on these issues.
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Ms. Rose was joined by Lt. Eric Adams, President of
100 Blacks in Law Enforcement, as well as Staten Island member Kelvin Alexander
at the press conference on the steps of Staten Island Borough Hall. 100 Blacks
in Law Enforcement represents police, correction and other city law enforcement
officers in improving the delivery and the administration of criminal justice
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In addition to the endorsement, Ms. Rose provided a
statement on her platform for improving police community relations and
providing the North Shore with continued public safety. “As I have stated
before without the full support of community, the police cannot be completely
successful and that a continued lack of faith in and respect for the New York
Police Department, particularly in communities of color, will hinder any
effective crime reduction strategy,” she stated. Ms. Rose offered the
following police and public safety proposals if elected:
- provide capital funding for a fourth police precinct on
Staten Island to serve the Western shore of the Staten Island, including
communities of Mariner’s Harbor, Arlington, Graniteville and Port
Richmond;
- support efforts to get a fair pay increase and benefits
for members of the New York City Police Department;
- restore C-POP (Community Policing) program for local beat
officers in commercial and residential areas on the North Shore;
- increase recruitment and promotion of minorities and
woman on the force and their assignment to Staten Island, including assignment
of Staten Island officers in local communities;
- increase assignment of language proficient officers on
Staten Island, including Spanish speaking officers in the 120th
Police Precinct to facilitate communications with our growing Latino population
on the North Shore;
- have a prospective New York City residency requirement
for future police officers;
- maintain funding for City University of New York (CUNY)
Police Cadet program for training of City residents as future police officers;
- support Int. No. 910 in the City Council, a bill to
require the N.Y.C. Police Department to provide detailed reporting to the
Council on “stop and frisk”, traffic stops and arrest data, as well
as civilian complaints;
- support Int. No. 911 – a bill to amend the New York
City Charter to give the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) with the
authority to prosecute substantiated cases instead of the N.Y.C. Police
Department;
- re-establish a Special Prosecutor for serious police
misconduct – to avoid apparent conflicts between District Attorneys and
the Police;
“With the recent crime reduction success and a greater
sensitivity to police-community interaction, we now have the opportunity to
reexamine aggressive police tactics and policies, including Stop & Frisk
and Zero Tolerance, and create a new dynamic in public safety”, she
continued. “However, we should also put in strong and fair protections in
place to provide resolution to civilian complaints and misconduct by those few
bad members of the service,” she concluded.
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