COUNCIL HOPEFUL URGES CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON POLICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION LEGISLATION
Staten Island, N.Y. - 49th City Council (North Shore)
candidate Debi Rose today urged the New York City Council to vote on 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. The bill, Int. No. 910, was the subject of a hearing today by the
Council's Public Safety Committee.
"I want to urge the City Council vote on Int. No. 910, a
bill which would require the Police Department to report certain information,
including a persons race, gender and justifications for "stop and frisks",
traffic stops and arrests," Ms. Rose stated. "Just this month I testified
before the NYC Civilian Compliant Review Board's Staten Island public hearing
about improvements in police-community relations, including need for better
confidence and mutual respect," she continued. Given recent reports and claims
of racial profiling by the Police Department , this bill, by requiring detailed
public information, is one step towards meeting that goal of providing the
communities with data necessary to judge the impact of policing in the City,"
she concluded.
The bill would be also require the Police to provide: 1)
COMSTAT reports, a monthly breakdown of crimes, arrests and summons activity by
command; 2) the number of police officers assigned to patrol duty (patrol
strength); and 3) the number of civilians performing police duties. The bill
would require the Police to provide monthly reports to the Council within
thirty (30) days of the end of each month.
In preparation for today's hearing the Mayor and Police
Commissioner this past weekend agreed to provide monthly reports on the Police
Department's website, showing the race of crime victims, suspects, people who
are stopped and frisked, and those who are arrested.
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