NYC Mayor Eric Adams Holds Press Briefing With NYPD To Discuss July 4th Security
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00:00:00We're going to have the quarterly crime briefing first, and
00:00:05then we'll take some on topic crime questions about the numbers for the quarter.
00:00:11Then we will reset the room, we will take questions on July 4th and some off topics.
00:00:17All right, so again, it's going to be the crime briefing and questions on the numbers for the quarter.
00:00:23And other questions you have for maybe the first six months on crime.
00:00:28And then we'll reset, and we'll take July 4th, and we'll take some off topics.
00:00:33All right, so without further ado, I'll kick it over to the mayor, Eric Adams.
00:00:38Thanks so much, Deputy Commissioner Shepard, and really thank all of you for being here.
00:00:44I say it over and over again, the prerequisite to prosperity is public safety and justice.
00:00:49The city must be safe.
00:00:51It is something that not only that I have personally dedicated my life to,
00:00:57but the men and women who are here have dedicated their lives to doing so.
00:01:02To have a former chief of department, to be the deputy mayor of public safety, first time that's happened.
00:01:09And to have a commissioner that has spent over 30 something years dedicated
00:01:15to keeping the city safe and having his dad, who was also a member of the police department.
00:01:22So there is, on this panel, a lot of history on running towards danger.
00:01:30So that New Yorkers won't have to experience danger.
00:01:33That is in our blood, and that is what we're going to continue to do.
00:01:37And so I'm really pleased at what Commissioner Caban and his entire team,
00:01:43Chief Madry, Chief of Department, Chief of Patrol, John Shell,
00:01:48Deputy Commissioner Daughtry, how all day, all night, I communicate with them and they have one mission.
00:01:56And that is to go after the bad guys so they don't do bad things to good people in this city.
00:02:02And we put in place many initiatives, and those initiatives are working.
00:02:09Over thousands of thousands of protests that we're witnessing in the city, particularly after October 7th.
00:02:16You're seeing the present of dangerous people who have arrived in our city,
00:02:22a proportion, a small, small proportion of those who are part of the migrants and asylum seekers that have arrived here.
00:02:30Some of them have participated in gang behavior.
00:02:33It's not a representation of the large number of migrants and
00:02:36asylum seekers who are here to pursue the next step on their dream to be in America.
00:02:42But we do have a small number.
00:02:44We want to really thank First Deputy Commissioner Cancela and
00:02:48Deputy Commissioner Weiner who traveled to Columbia to do an investigation
00:02:54on the presence of a group, a dangerous,
00:02:58small element of gang behavior that we will not allow to take foothold in our city.
00:03:03And they're continuing to investigate and look into this.
00:03:07So we want to thank the men and women of the New York City Police Department.
00:03:10They have been really addressing the issue of violence and
00:03:15disorder in our city, and we cannot thank them enough.
00:03:19I say it over and over again, heroes don't wear capes.
00:03:22They wear blue uniforms, and they are continuously providing the service that we expect with the level of professionalism that we want.
00:03:31We're moving towards a day of independence.
00:03:34Tomorrow, we're excited about the 4th of July, that's going to be the next phase of this conversation.
00:03:41But we want to thank DSNY and NYPD, we're going to continue to ensure that
00:03:47people are able to celebrate our independence in a level of safety.
00:03:52And Commissioner Weiner would tell you that at this point,
00:03:57there are no credible threats to our city, but she and
00:04:01her team will remain vigilant to make sure we are prepared.
00:04:05And we're going to ensure that we have thousands of officers deployed for tomorrow's night's celebration,
00:04:11including uniform and plainclothes officers as well, to make sure that it is a great celebration.
00:04:18And fireworks may be fun, but you could have fatalities.
00:04:22Last year, over 9,700 injuries and
00:04:25eight deaths nationally from fireworks misuse or malfunction.
00:04:30So we want people to use them according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
00:04:37and to please keep them out of the hands of children, because they could be extremely dangerous.
00:04:44Like I said, we are focused to make sure that this is a great celebration,
00:04:50and that the entire city will be able to enjoy the 4th of July.
00:04:56Six straight months, crime has decreased.
00:05:00This administration has inherited a 40% increase in crime.
00:05:04When we took office, we saw everything from shootings to illegal mopeds, dirt bikes, ghost cars.
00:05:11We have had a full front to assault on disorder.
00:05:15And when you have six straight months of a decrease in crime,
00:05:20it says that the initiatives that we have put in place, they are working.
00:05:23And we know that if it bleeds, it leads, that some of the cases that take place will be on our front pages.
00:05:30But in reality, New York City is the safest big city in America.
00:05:36Safest big city in America.
00:05:38And then when you look at our transit, January we had a bump.
00:05:43Commissioner Caban reached out to me and stated that we need to have zero focus on our subway system.
00:05:49Chief Kemper kicked into gear.
00:05:53Deputy Mayor Banks stated that we need to deploy the right personnel.
00:05:56We put 1,000 officers in the system.
00:05:59After the January bump, you saw February, March, April,
00:06:04May, and June, a decrease in our subway crimes.
00:06:08Rail operation, 1,000 new cops in the system.
00:06:12A partnership to deal with those with severe mental health illnesses and
00:06:16going after those habitual repeaters.
00:06:20And focusing on something that was ignored for eight years, those who refuse to pay their fare.
00:06:27And it became just so routine that we said that we're not going to allow it to happen in our system.
00:06:33Because taxpayers should not have to pick up the cost of those who have money and refuse to pay.
00:06:38And that led to the six straight months that we are seeing homicides are down for
00:06:43the year to date, as well as the quarter of this month, grand larceny.
00:06:47That we were having a problem with in the beginning of the year.
00:06:52Commissioner Daughtry and Chief Shell started putting in real initiative to go after that.
00:06:58And now we have a double digit decrease in grand larceny.
00:07:02Shootings are down, burglaries are down, and transit crime as I indicated are down.
00:07:08And I cannot say that enough, because that's the lifeblood of our city.
00:07:12That transit crime is down.
00:07:14Transit crime, if you take out, I believe 2019, and Chief Kemper, you can correct me.
00:07:20When we were in the heart of the pandemic, you removed that year when no one was on the system.
00:07:25Transit crime is down for more than 14 years.
00:07:32We have not seen the level of decrease in transit crime.
00:07:36If you remove that one year, if you don't, then it's the second most low level of crime.
00:07:42And that's how well Chief Kemper and his teams are doing.
00:07:45We introduced technologies, cameras, data-driven officers deployment with Chief Lepetri,
00:07:51who's really our quarterback on knowing where we should be and what we should do.
00:07:57And that has given us what we have produced, six straight months of decrease in crime.
00:08:03Entering the summer months, it is extremely, and it has always been, as long as we can remember, that summer months is a challenging period.
00:08:10Many people are outdoors, we have a lot of entertainment outdoors, but we did it last year, we're going to do it this year.
00:08:16We gave a lot of alternatives to our children, from Summer Rising to DYCD,
00:08:22summer youth employment programs, to midnight basketball that we're doing.
00:08:27We're going to do everything possible to keep our young people in safe places.
00:08:31At the same time, the NYPD is going to be there.
00:08:33Job well done, Commissioner, and I'll turn it over to you.
00:08:37Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor, and good afternoon, everyone.
00:08:40On behalf of all of our executive team here, and the entire New York City Police Department, thank you for being here, and welcome to One Police Plaza for our second quarter crime briefing.
00:08:49As the Mayor said, we talk about the first half of 2024.
00:08:53The men and women of the NYPD continue the critical work that has made New York the safest big city in America.
00:08:59Major felony crime is down in four or seven categories year to date, including reductions in murder, burglary, grand larceny, and auto theft.
00:09:08This work led to a 2% drop in overall major crime for the first six months of this year compared to last.
00:09:16And crime is down across all of our operational bureaus, in our patrol precincts, housing developments, and in our transit system.
00:09:24Furthermore, both shooting incidents and victims continue their citywide declines of 2024,
00:09:30extending the downward trend we've seen over these last two and a half years.
00:09:36From day one, Mayor's administration made it very clear that our top priority was combating gun violence.
00:09:43And the work our officers are doing in every New York City neighborhood is making a real difference.
00:09:48We asked them to go out there and get the guns.
00:09:51And that's exactly what they're doing.
00:09:54Since 2022, the NYPD has taken more than 17,000 illegal firearms off our streets,
00:10:01including more than 3,400 gun seized in just the past six months alone.
00:10:07And I can tell you these weapons will never again threaten innocent New Yorkers.
00:10:11We also work closely with our law enforcement partners to make sure the violent criminals who carry them are brought to justice.
00:10:18Results we see don't happen overnight, and thereby no accident.
00:10:22It's the hard work, dedicated thousands of officers that are out there.
00:10:27Of course, dozens are department wide units that brought us to today.
00:10:31And as we head into the summer months, we're going to be working even harder.
00:10:35Our summer violence deployment plan, which we rolled down early May, puts uniformed officers in the neighborhoods that need them the most.
00:10:44And I can tell you, thank you very much, Mike Lash, you've had great success in this program in 2023.
00:10:50When we saw lower crime, fewer shootings across our deployment zones, this summer, we expect to repeat that success.
00:10:58We expect to build upon it, keep driving down crime disorder citywide.
00:11:03Another example of significant sustained progress is what's happening right now in our subway system.
00:11:10In the first half of this year, major crime in the transit system is down almost 7%.
00:11:16It was down almost 15% for the month of June.
00:11:20And as we sit here today, major subway crime is 11% below our pre-pandemic levels.
00:11:27This is a clear case of the NYPD identifying an issue,
00:11:32creating a plan to address it, and executing the plan effectively.
00:11:37New Yorkers demand and deserve a safe transit system, and that's exactly what the NYPD is going to give them.
00:11:43One of the aspects I want to mention before we get deeper into Mike's numbers is the work of our housing bureau.
00:11:50There are nearly a half million residents, employees, and
00:11:53visitors across 2,100 NYCHA buildings citywide.
00:11:58And keeping those people safe is a full-time job of our nine police service areas,
00:12:03working in close collaboration with resident patrols, community groups, and development managers.
00:12:09We're talking about over 154,000 families, and
00:12:1350% of NYCHA residents are either seniors or children.
00:12:18So this work is incredibly important.
00:12:19And the men and women of our housing bureau don't get enough credit for the great job they do, and thank you, Martina Matarazzo.
00:12:27In the first half of this year, major crime in housing is down almost 3% compared to 2023.
00:12:33It's down 8% for the month of June.
00:12:36So I can tell you this is moving in the right direction, and with the leadership team we have in place, we're confident it will continue that way.
00:12:43There's no doubt that the NYPD's work makes our city a better place to live, work, and visit.
00:12:50Every gun we take, every violent criminal we arrest,
00:12:54every case we close, it's all for one purpose, and that's to keep our community safe.
00:13:01That's our job.
00:13:02That's our mission.
00:13:04And together with the people we serve, that's exactly what we're going to do.
00:13:09Now I'll turn it over to Chief Michael Leprechie to provide some further details.
00:13:12Chief?
00:13:13Thank you.
00:13:14Good afternoon.
00:13:16So the police commissioner talked about the historic gun arrests in New York City.
00:13:21And if you look at the quarter, we're trending at the same three year average that we have
00:13:27over the past three years with over 1,000 gun arrests for the quarter.
00:13:31You gotta go back 29 years to have similar gun arrest numbers.
00:13:3629 years, there was four times the amount of shootings in New York City.
00:13:42So we're taking basically the same amount of arrests for
00:13:46guns than we were 29 years ago with four times less the shootings.
00:13:51That's precision policing.
00:13:53That's putting the officers in the areas where we see, unfortunately, the most violent.
00:14:00We've identified about ten square miles of New York City
00:14:05that accounts for 25% of the shootings between an eight hour and a ten hour block.
00:14:11That's where the thousands of officers are being placed this summer.
00:14:14That's where they've been placed since May.
00:14:16Last year's success with the summer plan, we rolled it out,
00:14:21we continue to roll it out for the spring, the winter, the holiday season, right up until the summer season.
00:14:2832 precincts, 72 zones, seven housing, PSAs are involved
00:14:36with the men and women out there every single night to protect New Yorkers.
00:14:42We talk about the reduction in violence, shootings.
00:14:46If you just go back two years, so for the first six months of 2022,
00:14:52we're down 195 shootings, 237 less victims.
00:14:59Compare quarter two this year to quarter two of 2021.
00:15:05Down 50% in shootings from this quarter to the quarter in 2021.
00:15:10That's 226 less incidents, 271 less victims.
00:15:18We talked about the reduction in victims in four out of the seven major crimes.
00:15:24There are some upticks in three others, I'll explain them.
00:15:27We have an uptick in felon assaults.
00:15:29What's driving those felon assaults, unfortunately, are elderly assaults,
00:15:35well, I should say 65 and older, stranger assaults,
00:15:40domestic violence victims.
00:15:42I think an example of who's committing
00:15:48an elderly stranger assault is a perfect way for
00:15:52me to describe what happened to a retired 65-year-old member of the service
00:15:59a few weeks back in midtown Manhattan,
00:16:03viciously assaulted by an individual
00:16:09who, not surprisingly, is a convicted firearm felon out on probation.
00:16:17When you look at an uptick in robberies, we see shoplifting,
00:16:22violent shoplifting, robberies have increased.
00:16:28We have individuals that continue to drive our retail theft,
00:16:33though we have an overall decrease in retail theft.
00:16:37With over 14,000 retail theft arrests this year.
00:16:43I have to talk about this index driver, Maximo Marino.
00:16:49He has 36 felony arrests, 36 felony arrests.
00:16:54Not sealed, 36 felony arrests in two years.
00:16:58So I'm going to batch him basically 20 in 2023, 20 in 24.
00:17:05Tens of thousands of dollars he has stolen,
00:17:11merchandise worth tens of thousands of dollars from Sephora and from Lululemon.
00:17:17So that individual gets arrested approximately 20 times last year for felonies.
00:17:24He spends a few months in Rikers.
00:17:28He pleads to two grand larceny felonies.
00:17:32He goes in front of the judge for his sentencing.
00:17:36And the judge says, okay, you can come back in six days and then we'll sentence you.
00:17:41Well, guess what?
00:17:42He didn't come back in six days, he warrants it.
00:17:46And he was out up until November.
00:17:49And guess what he did between, he warrants and November.
00:17:54We, the NYPD, identify him in 21 more felony grand larceny
00:17:59retail thefts, that's what we identify him.
00:18:04He probably did 100.
00:18:06He goes back to Rikers for a few more months.
00:18:11Before he gets out of Rikers, the detective bureau arrests him for those 21 crimes.
00:18:18He gets put in front of three different judges in three different boroughs.
00:18:24Guess what?
00:18:26He gets non-monetary release from each one of those judges.
00:18:30And guess what?
00:18:32He's walking around the streets of New York City right now again,
00:18:36committing shoplifting crimes, and he has six bench warrants.
00:18:41That's what's wrong with the system.
00:18:44No accountability, no consequences, and
00:18:47a revolving door of justice when it comes to recidivism and retail theft.
00:18:54I do want to touch the increase in rapes, obviously a very sensitive topic.
00:19:01Falls into three categories.
00:19:03We see an increase in our domestic related rapes.
00:19:07We see an increase in acquaintance rapes.
00:19:12And we see a small increase in stranger rapes.
00:19:17We've also seen over the past quarter,
00:19:21we do have more victims coming forward in the past
00:19:27with crimes that happened months ago, and we encourage that.
00:19:32And we have vast ways that somebody can report a rape in New York City.
00:19:38They can report it as a law enforcement referral to other agencies.
00:19:42They can write in a complaint.
00:19:44They can walk into any precinct, and that's what we encourage.
00:19:47Working with our advocates, our special victims, highly skilled, which Joe's going to talk about,
00:19:53an arrest being made on horrific crime in Central Park, so we encourage that.
00:20:02Seven major arrests, again, 26 year high.
00:20:06Gun arrests, 29 year high.
00:20:09Arresting the individuals that commit crimes in New York City.
00:20:14Thank you very much.
00:20:15Joe?
00:20:17Good afternoon.
00:20:20I was going to update you on a sexual assault that took place in Central Park nine days ago.
00:20:26On Monday, June 24th, at approximately 136 in the afternoon, a female,
00:20:3021 years old, was the victim of a sexual assault, which was an attempted rape.
00:20:34This took place inside of Central Park in the vicinity of West 104th Street and the West Drive.
00:20:40This area is a secluded section of the park.
00:20:43The survivor was there to sunbathe.
00:20:45At this time, the perpetrator approaches our survivor and exposes himself.
00:20:50She gets up and tries to run from the location, but she is knocked to the ground by her attacker.
00:20:55Once on the ground, the male is on top of her and attempted to forcibly rape her.
00:21:00She fought back, and she fought back hard.
00:21:03The survivor began to physically struggle with the perpetrator while screaming for help.
00:21:07It is believed that her actions caused the attacker to climb off of her and run away.
00:21:12Patrol officers from Central Park Precinct responded to several 911 calls of reporting that a female was being attacked.
00:21:19Once at the scene, officers provided a description of the attacker as being a male black,
00:21:24six foot one, wearing a t-shirt, black shorts, and wearing a baseball cap.
00:21:30Numerous officers and detectives from multiple units responded to the scene to assist in this investigation.
00:21:35They included uniformed officers from Central Park Precinct and Patrol Borough of Manhattan North,
00:21:40ESU K9, Bloodhounds, Central Park Precinct Detective Squad, Manhattan North Homicide Squad,
00:21:46all members from Manhattan North Detectives, Manhattan North Video Collection Team, the Manhattan Special Victims Unit,
00:21:53the Special Victims Major Case Team, and of course the Crime Scene Unit.
00:21:57Detectives immediately fanned out to interview potential witnesses.
00:22:00Luckily, one witness came forward and was able to provide responding detectives a possible direction of flight,
00:22:07pointing out where the perpetrator may have exited the park.
00:22:10Detectives were able to conduct a video canvass to follow this person to West 104th Street,
00:22:15where they were able to pull video from a commercial establishment that gave us a clear image of the perpetrator's face.
00:22:22This image was submitted to our facial recognition system, which produced a match.
00:22:28It is important to note that any facial identification match is not considered enough evidence to establish probable cause for an arrest.
00:22:35This is merely a clue.
00:22:37This FIS hit was a match to Jermaine Longmire.
00:22:41He's a male black, 43 years old.
00:22:43His date of birth is 1-17-1981.
00:22:47He resides a short distance from where this crime took place, 60 West 104th Street.
00:22:53He has eight prior arrests in New York City, and he has an substantial arrest history out of state in Florida, Maryland, and New Jersey.
00:23:02A computer analysis of Longmire revealed that he was wanted on an open bench warrant in New York City.
00:23:08The crime he warranted on, a forcible touching arrest from March of 2024,
00:23:13where Longmire approached the woman from behind and forcibly grabbed her buttocks.
00:23:19Further computer work revealed that he was also a perpetrator involved in a two incident forcible
00:23:24touching pattern that took place in the transit system in 2023.
00:23:29Once again, where Longmire would run up behind unsuspecting women and forcibly grab their intimate parts.
00:23:35Armed with this information, members of the Fugitive Enforcement Unit located and
00:23:39apprehended Longmire for this open bench warrant on June 26th.
00:23:44At the same time, members of the Special Victims Unit were working to establish probable cause to arrest Longmire on one of the incidents that was included in that transit forcible touching pattern.
00:23:55He was arrested on one of those incidents and held in jail on $7,500 cash bail.
00:24:03As I stated earlier, the Crime Scene Unit responded to this incident and collected numerous items of evidence.
00:24:09Among the items collected were the survivor's clothing, in particular her bikini bottom.
00:24:15This article of clothing was processed by a forensic identification section at the lab for potential touch DNA.
00:24:22Once the examination was complete, Jermaine Longmire's DNA was discovered on the survivor's bikini bottom.
00:24:29Working with Manhattan District Attorney's Office, all of this evidence was presented to a grand jury
00:24:34who indicted Jermaine Longmire for attempted rape and sexual abuse in the first degree.
00:24:40He was produced today in court where special victims placed him under arrest and he was charged for this new crime.
00:24:47He is charged with attempted rape in the first degree and sex abuse in the first degree.
00:24:53I'd like to take this time to thank District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his staff for their assistance in this case.
00:24:59And I would also like to thank the men and women of the Detective Bureau who worked so hard to bring this case to a successful conclusion.
00:25:05In particular, Lieutenant Vic Parabella and the Manhattan Special Victims Unit,
00:25:09the Special Victims Major Case Team, and the NYPD lab.
00:25:13Thank you.
00:25:15All right, thanks y'all.
00:25:16All right, so we'll start with on topic, if you have questions about the crime numbers before we reset, we'll stop at the last one, right?
00:25:24So on topic, on the list.
00:25:26Step up, who's there?
00:25:28Yeah, Chief, I just want to know the case in the rape statistics
00:25:33in the quarter and the six months and
00:25:38June, you've seen increases and you've seen increases in people
00:25:43who are coming forward with old reports of arrests.
00:25:49Given that two months ago we had the Harvey Weinstein decision, reversal of his rape conviction,
00:25:55and there was some criticism that because of that we were going to see a reluctance of victims to come forward.
00:26:02You're not seeing that, are you?
00:26:04You're not seeing that, you're not seeing that, so I'm going to stop.
00:26:08All right, we're going to go to the other press, Bronx Chronicle.
00:26:11Yes, as the secretary for the 49th precinct council,
00:26:16I'd like to invite you and the commissioner over to our national night out on August 6th.
00:26:21However, and I want you to see how hard our offices work, all 74 of them down from a high of 250.
00:26:29And as you said, all crime stats are down.
00:26:32Here's the latest 49th precinct crime stats, which show for a two year period,
00:26:37crime is up 34.89% and not one category is down, okay?
00:26:44You have 9,000 units of new housing coming in through a Metro North rezoning and
00:26:50other new housing, including 200 bed, homeless men shelter.
00:26:56Crime is not, pardon me, former commissioner Shea,
00:27:02when I asked him, said that these crime figures do not accurately report total crime because much crime goes unreported.
00:27:12And let me just finish one more thing, and my last thing will be, you also have 50 people who are currently incarcerated in Rikers Island
00:27:21that will be given apartments in an empty building on a Jacobi campus, free to go wherever they want.
00:27:27And HHC says these people, they said they were stage four cancer, but
00:27:32now they admit that these people have as little as diabetes.
00:27:37What do you have to say to that?
00:27:38First of all, I thank you for
00:27:44using your downtime to be a citizen that participates
00:27:51in the precinct council, because that's what we need.
00:27:54We need everyone to be actively involved, and that's how we go about crime.
00:27:59And making our city safe, I know people often look at just the police,
00:28:05but I think when you look at Chief Lepetri's analysis of those cases
00:28:10where you see a criminal justice system that has a revolving door,
00:28:15that gets in the way of us going after those crime stats that you're talking about.
00:28:20And so the advocacy that you're showing right now for the NYPD, I want that advocacy with the lawmakers that are making these rules.
00:28:28I want the advocacy for the judges that are letting them go free.
00:28:32I want that advocacy to be shown when we see laws being passed that impedes us from making our city safe.
00:28:40It's not just the NYPD, we are doing our job.
00:28:43You heard that arrester up, we're apprehending bad guys.
00:28:46We're seeing bad guys that are repeatedly being arrested and turned back into the street.
00:28:53That makes our jobs very difficult.
00:28:56So I need you to help me, and I'm coming up to the precinct council to hang out with you,
00:29:01with the treasurer, because you have the pocket full of money, because you're the treasurer.
00:29:05And I want you to join me when I go to the city councils, to Albany,
00:29:10to the federal government, let's be a partner to bring down crime, okay?
00:29:15If you want to speak on 49th-
00:29:15Yeah, I can just, I'll talk to you a little bit about the 49th precinct.
00:29:19They have seen an uptick in crime, no doubt about it.
00:29:24The two year uptick is more than an uptick, it's a 35% increase.
00:29:29But again, a 75% increase in seven major arrests in that two year period.
00:29:37Over a 300% increase in oath related summonses,
00:29:42hazarded summonses, a 66% increase in hazardous summonses in the 49th precinct in that two year period.
00:29:49And one thing that we did see was areas that did concern us,
00:29:55and that's why the 49th precinct this year became a summer zone.
00:30:01We've identified areas in the 49 where we moved those additional offices.
00:30:05We did not have that in the 49th precinct last year, and that's why we wanted to expand it.
00:30:1149th was one of the expansion commands, and they do have a zone.
00:30:16Sir, just so you know, and I know you're aware that we just had a leadership change there.
00:30:20We brought back an old face, old squad commander, Captain Tia Thong.
00:30:24We already see the difference already for the week, 28 days, he's pushing crime down.
00:30:29He was the squad commander there, he knows the place well.
00:30:32He's collaborating with the PSA over there, he's going to make a big difference over there.
00:30:35No office is there.
00:30:37Arthur?
00:30:38What are the numbers, how are we looking, hold on, because I want to address that.
00:30:42How are we looking at manpower, can we have a conversation about manpower?
00:30:46So with the graduating class, obviously speaking to Chief Madry,
00:30:51we are going to be moving hundreds of offices into the Bronx and then distribute them to the precincts.
00:30:57And when we finish, I want the information about that location.
00:31:00We told you the people who were going there were due to cancer patients.
00:31:06We should not do a bait and switch, so I want you to give me an information of that location.
00:31:10You said it was 40 people?
00:31:1250 people?
00:31:1250 people?
00:31:13Only hospitals, just home projects.
00:31:15Got it.
00:31:16Okay, so let's see who's actually going there to that location, all right?
00:31:20But again, thank you for being on the precinct council.
00:31:23A lot of people don't volunteer, and I appreciate you doing that.
00:31:27Arthur here?
00:31:28I have a question about the East 14th Street corridor in the East Village.
00:31:33From First Avenue to Avenue A, residents have been saying they've got a really big problem there,
00:31:38from the marketplace to some different types of illegal behavior.
00:31:42Two questions, one for Chief LaPetre, is that when you identify blocks or sections of the city that are troublesome,
00:31:48is that block in that category that you described?
00:31:51And then for the mayor, the question is, what's the plan?
00:31:54because currently it's not working, whatever the plan has been.
00:31:57Yeah, no, and the plan is working.
00:32:02I have been there several times, several times.
00:32:06I've walked that block from the water all the way down to up and down Lexington Avenue.
00:32:14I have called the platoon commander and
00:32:19the precinct commander to meet me at the location because it was a mess.
00:32:23And we cannot be in a city where we walk past disorder.
00:32:29And when you look at 14th Street and you see the number of vendors, you see the number of drug uses, it is unacceptable.
00:32:37Our city is not going to live that way, and I have told the precinct commander several times that this is not acceptable.
00:32:45You should not be walking down your block seeing what we saw on 14th Street.
00:32:49There's been several initiatives there, and Chief Madry,
00:32:55you could go into some of the things that we're doing there to constantly repeat.
00:33:00Now, we have those who believe that vendors should be allowed to line the streets and
00:33:05do what they want, and they are decision makers in government.
00:33:09We're constantly fighting against that, like we did on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
00:33:16We need 14th Street to be fixed and not just a bandaid on it.
00:33:21And I've been very clear on all of my visits there that it was unacceptable what we saw.
00:33:27One visit I did there, there was this big mound of plastic bag just to find out that someone was sleeping under it.
00:33:35Not acceptable.
00:33:38Precinct patrol officers must patrol their sectors, and
00:33:42we must make sure conditions are corrected, not ignored.
00:33:46What are we doing over there?
00:33:47So we just redeployed a 24-7 uniformed cop to that one street, 14th A to Avenue 1, the 14 store owners.
00:33:57We're getting them together, we're doing crime prevention surveys for all those 14 stores.
00:34:01The one problematic smoke shop on our block, we shut it down last week with the help of the sheriff.
00:34:06We had the local councilwoman involved, she was with the CO yesterday, walking that street.
00:34:12If you know 14th Street, it's the border between the 13th precinct and the 9th precinct, so there's no borders here.
00:34:18Both precincts are responsible for about one block.
00:34:21I was out there last year with the peddlers on the street by the train station, we cleared it up.
00:34:25So we revamped our whole plan for that area.
00:34:29We look at the three ones over there, there's one person who's called over 2,000 times for rollerblading and skateboarding.
00:34:34We spoke to him to please stop jacking up three one numbers.
00:34:37Homeless encampment, the homeless is an issue over there.
00:34:39We've done numerous operations.
00:34:41So we've been doing a lot of work over there, but we have to do more.
00:34:45And we just revised a whole, the Manhattan South Borough Command is here.
00:34:48We just revised our whole plan for that one strip for the community.
00:34:52All right.
00:34:53I just want to add one more thing into there also is that I just received a shipment of cameras in
00:34:59where we're going to be redeploying them onto the 14th Street Corridor,
00:35:04which would give the ability for the precinct desk officer to monitor them real time inside the precinct.
00:35:09And also, we're going to give the ability to the precinct NCOs, the neighborhood coordination officers, to be able to monitor on their smartphones.
00:35:15So in the event that an encampment or vendors do pop back up, they can see it and go address it without being called.
00:35:22Yeah, it's a real problem.
00:35:2314th Street is a, and I've been over there several times.
00:35:28It's a real problem, and we're going to fix it.
00:35:31And it hasn't been a problem just one year, two years.
00:35:33It has been a problem and has been ignored, and we just don't accept disorder being ignored.
00:35:41Doesn't matter if it's an encampment, someone sleeping on the side of the highway,
00:35:44just total disorder that we witnessed when we came into this administration.
00:35:49And it's not acceptable, and I'm not happy what I see on 14th Street.
00:35:53I spoke with the council person over there.
00:35:55I've walked with the leaders here.
00:35:58We can't allow streets to look like that.
00:36:01And we mentioned Chief McCarthy of Manhattan South.
00:36:07We cannot thank him enough.
00:36:08Chief McCarthy has been handling thousands of protests in this city,
00:36:14particularly after October 7th, and dealing with the public safety aspect of it.
00:36:19And we want to thank him for the job that he's been doing, and it's not an easy job.
00:36:23It's not an easy job on what he's been experiencing.
00:36:26And, Boris, I want to add, Chief McCarthy, Crime Manhattan South is down, leaves it down 12% for the year, so he's doing a tremendous job.
00:36:32Just over the past week, the feedback that we've gotten from the residents of Stuytown and
00:36:38the business owners on 14th Street, very positive, all right?
00:36:45And they're very happy with us, and our plan's working, and we're just going to have to stick with it.
00:36:50All right, so before we go forward, do we have any more questions on actual crime numbers?
00:36:55So remember, we're going to get to the off topics, and we're going to get to July 4th.
00:36:59Crime numbers?
00:36:59Okay.
00:37:01I had a question about the sexual assaults and the felonies.
00:37:06What is the breakdown in terms of how many against the elderly, how many against domestic?
00:37:12Sure, I have most of it, if not, I can give you everything that you're looking for.
00:37:21So as far as increases of victims in certain categories of rape,
00:37:27we're up 25 victims of domestic violence rapes for the quarter.
00:37:33We're up 33 victims of acquaintance rape victims,
00:37:38and we're up 16 victims of stranger rapes, and that's for the quarter.
00:37:44Just to show the importance of the sexual assaults, the police commissioners, we've upstaffed the special victims unit tremendously.
00:37:52We're constantly recruiting, we're getting new talent in, we're at staffing levels that we haven't seen in years,
00:37:58which is going to bring the case load down, which is going to result to more arrests.
00:38:02So we're really taking it seriously, special victims has had a complete turnaround.
00:38:07All right, any more on actual crime?
00:38:10Yeah.
00:38:14Hey guys, how you doing?
00:38:16I had a question about the hate crimes.
00:38:17Are those mostly stemming from the demonstrations or any more,
00:38:23can you explain a little bit more about the nature of those crimes, who's doing them, the victims, and where that's originating from?
00:38:31So hate crimes in general right now, we're showing an increase of 34% that comes out to plus 87 crimes total.
00:38:40So 344 versus 257, all right, so it's plus 34%.
00:38:46Jewish hate crime is 206 of those 334.
00:38:52That amounts to 78% of all reported hate crime,
00:38:57and really is the cause of the total increase overall.
00:39:01As far as protests, we're seeing hate crimes, some at protests, but
00:39:06the majority of them are separately reported incidents, which we're encouraging people to report,
00:39:12same as sexual offenses, see something, say something.
00:39:16Whereas in previous years, the majority of the hate crimes,
00:39:21particularly against the Jewish community, were types of crimes that were harassment, graffiti, criminal mischief, swastika driven.
00:39:30We've seen a change since October 7th, where it's been an increase of assault threes, where people are actually laying hands on other people.
00:39:37Is that the majority of these?
00:39:40Yes, correct.
00:39:4034 was the number?
00:39:43It's more of 34%.
00:39:44All right, again, thanks everybody.
00:39:47I'm going to ask the Mayor PC, DM Banks, for a step so we can reset the room, they'll exit.
00:39:54And then we'll get to July 4th and some off topics.
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00:40:48Thank you, I appreciate that.
00:41:07All right, so obviously we got July 4th again, one of the crown jewels of the world, really, the fireworks that happens in New York City.
00:41:15So, Chief Madry, we'll talk just briefly, as we do every year, about how we're going to keep July 4th safe.
00:41:22And then we'll take a couple of July 4th security questions, and then we'll open it up to off topics,
00:41:28where the DAIS here will be able to answer a few questions off topic.
00:41:32All right, so Chief Madry.
00:41:34Yes, good afternoon, everyone.
00:41:36Just really quick, I'd like to welcome to the DAIS Will Cox from Macy's and Rob Atterbury from Hudson Brook Park Trust.
00:41:42Thank you for your partnership for this incredible event that will be happening tomorrow.
00:41:47Our 48th annual Macy's 4th of July fireworks display, the first one of which was held in 1976.
00:41:55Of course, it's happening tomorrow, July 4th, Thursday.
00:41:58Starting at approximately 9.25 PM, and it'll last about 25 minutes.
00:42:04Approximately 60 pieces, shells, and
00:42:08effects will be launched from the barges that'll be positioned from,
00:42:13that'll be positioned, the barges will be positioned on West 14th Street,
00:42:19the West 34th Street along Hudson River, and this is the first time
00:42:24since 2013 that the fireworks will be displayed from the Hudson.
00:42:29We have entry points for our guests who are going to come and sit along the West Side Highway,
00:42:35that'll be at Christopher Street and Washington Street, which is ADA accessible.
00:42:39We have West 11th and Washington, West 12th and Washington, West 29th and 11th Avenue,
00:42:45and West 40th Street and 11th Avenue, which is ADA accessible.
00:42:50So the nation's largest Independence Day celebration, which is happening tomorrow night,
00:42:55the NYPD will be there to make sure that it's safe and enjoyable for everyone.
00:43:00So we hope to see you all out there on the West Side with your families.
00:43:05This 48th annual Macy's 4th of July fireworks display is something that we always take seriously and
00:43:12it's something that we prepare for July 5th, right after the firework display occurs.
00:43:21So we've been preparing since July 5th of 2023.
00:43:25No police department anywhere has the experience in handling these large scale events as the NYPD does.
00:43:33We have people who design and execute these plans, and they're the best in the world.
00:43:37So similar to prior years, you can expect increased security.
00:43:43We'll have all our assets out there.
00:43:45We'll make sure that our viewing areas are safe.
00:43:48You will see some of the assets, like uniformed members in the street.
00:43:52You'll see our canine deployment, some of our counter-terrorism deployment.
00:43:56You'll see members at our entry points doing soft screenings, making sure people are not bringing in anything that's unauthorized.
00:44:03And of course, there'll be security measures that you won't see.
00:44:07But rest assured, the men and women of the NYPD will be out there, and
00:44:11we fully anticipate another safe and successful celebration.
00:44:16So at this time, I will urge everyone to use public transportation.
00:44:21It is the best way to get there, and we will be prepared to receive you on the west side so you can enjoy the fireworks.
00:44:28At this time, I'll turn it over to Chief Shell, who'll talk about some more of the deployments that we'll be using out there tomorrow night.
00:44:35Thanks, Chief. Good afternoon, everybody.
00:44:36So just, the night starts with a great firework show and drone show.
00:44:42But like I said, it starts for us.
00:44:45You gotta remember, we have other events going on throughout the city.
00:44:48From Coney Island Nathan's to Oala Beach is open, to barbecues and
00:44:53just a lot of fun for eight and a half million New Yorkers, so it becomes a long night for us.
00:44:58Right after the fireworks show, we will redeploy a lot of our police officers and
00:45:03assets to different parts of the city, where last year we saw a high volume of fireworks calls,
00:45:09indoor shots, fire calls, and people being shot.
00:45:12So our night begins pretty much after the fireworks end at about 9, 30,
00:45:1710 o'clock, and we'll be deployed till the early morning hours of July 5th.
00:45:22I'm not going to give you numbers of cops that are going to be out there, but it'll be substantial, right, more than we've ever had.
00:45:28And again, some of these cops will be redeployed from working hard to keep everyone safe on the west side highway.
00:45:35They're redeployed to other parts of the city to work throughout the night with other cops that we will have working.
00:45:40So we want everyone to come out and have a great time.
00:45:43Please don't handle any fireworks, let the professionals handle that.
00:45:47Enjoy the show, enjoy the backyard parties, enjoy your family and friends.
00:45:52We'll be out there in full force to make everybody as safe as possible.
00:45:56And it's going to be a nice day.
00:45:58Who's there, any weather people here?
00:45:59It's supposed to be a nice night tomorrow night?
00:46:02All right, so I'm told.
00:46:04And we're looking forward to a great 24 hours.
00:46:07All right, thanks, Chief Madge, thanks, Chief Shell.
00:46:10July 4th first, July 4th only, and then we'll get moved to off topics.
00:46:14July 4th security.
00:46:17Okay.
00:46:17You mentioned encouragement to take public transit.
00:46:21Can you talk a little bit about the transportation plan in beefing up resources,
00:46:26particularly kind of along the west side as people enter and egress and what sort of safety will be put into place there?
00:46:32Absolutely, in terms of the west side, we'll have additional traffic agents out there.
00:46:38We'll have additional members of the service out there, regular uniform patrol, as well as our special operations assets.
00:46:45And then, of course, the trains.
00:46:47We'll have additional patrols out there.
00:46:49Chief Kemper, you can elaborate a little bit about the transit patrol that'll be working tomorrow evening.
00:46:55Yeah, so we encourage everyone to use public transportation, certainly the New York City subway system,
00:47:00which is going to be open for business, increased service.
00:47:03And listen, we have a large amount of cops working every day, but they're going to be supplemented on the direction of the chief of department with even more personnel in the subway system.
00:47:12Certainly, heavily focused on that west side, but throughout the entire city.
00:47:18So our riders are going to see an increased uniform presence.
00:47:21And like I always say also, there's going to be a plainclothes element to our deployment also.
00:47:25And also, we have Chief of Transportation, Chief Rivera.
00:47:29Thank you.
00:47:32Good afternoon.
00:47:34All street closures in place for July 4th will commence at 1500 hours.
00:47:38We'll post those exact locations out a little later.
00:47:45So once we get them from Chief of Transportation, DPI will send them out to all the members of the media.
00:47:49July 4th?
00:47:51Mark?
00:47:52Hey there, I had a question about demonstrations and patrols that were going to be.
00:47:58Have you guys heard of anything, any planned demonstrations or any plans in place in case there's a bunch of wavering demonstrators?
00:48:05Yeah, Mark, Deputy Commissioner Wine can take that.
00:48:09Good afternoon, yes, there will be some demonstrations planned around Washington Square Park as well as Union Square.
00:48:15So we have plans well underway for that.
00:48:18And we have extra field forces strictly assigned to those protests, just in case they get big.
00:48:27And when they terminate or not that big, those cars will be redeployed into the 4th of July plan in the night afterwards, in the morning afterwards.
00:48:34And in the middle of the night, we're going to go to Washington Square and Union Square.
00:48:40I think that you will see some numbers.
00:48:42I think it will be hundreds, not thousands, if that.
00:48:45So yes, but this is obviously something we've been doing every day for many years, but certainly in the last statement.
00:48:52We've been dealing with it since October, whether it be Christmas tree lighting, New Year's Eve, you name it, we've done it, we're ready.
00:48:583,300 protests, we're ready to go.
00:49:00All right, Lauren?
00:49:01I have two questions about the Wilhelmsen fireworks display.
00:49:06Does that offer different policing challenges compared to the East River?
00:49:10And yesterday, we aired a report in which there was some threat, not a credible threat,
00:49:17but the FBI is considering a threat from drones dropping potential bombs over crowds.
00:49:24We're not saying it's going to happen, but maybe the commissioner can speak to that.
00:49:27Is that something that all the officers are now trained to look for as well?
00:49:33So yeah, the report in question is called the Joint Special Events Threat Assessment, which comes out annually.
00:49:40And so this report didn't mention a specific threat involving weaponized drones,
00:49:45but discussed this as a potential threat vector generally, which is precisely why,
00:49:51as a department, we've invested considerably in developing expertise that we use in coordination with federal partners around counter drone,
00:50:00mitigating the dangers of a potential drone, which is being used for nefarious purposes.
00:50:07So this is technology we have, it's skills we have.
00:50:10Of course, we have our own drones, which we use for our own public safety mission.
00:50:14But counter drone is an increasingly important specialization to have as a law enforcement agency.
00:50:21All right, Chief Schell, west side versus east side.
00:50:23Yeah, I'll answer that.
00:50:24Just in terms of the east side versus the west side, I mean, policing is never easy.
00:50:30We always have challenges.
00:50:32But if you look at the east side, we're talking about two different roadways.
00:50:34You have the FDR, which is elevated, and then also the regular, just a regular street level.
00:50:39So on the west side, we're not dealing with that.
00:50:41We're dealing with just a straight level road, which, of course, will be a little easier.
00:50:46We don't have to put officers up top, so we'll be able to put more officers on the street level.
00:50:51And go out to side streets to really make sure we cover the area and keep people safe.
00:50:56All right, Anthony, you got something going July 4th, Anthony?
00:51:02I wanted to follow up on what Commissioner Weiner said about mitigation efforts with the drones.
00:51:09What does that actually look like?
00:51:11How could you possibly take down another drone that was possibly causing a threat to a crowd?
00:51:19And then for Chief Schell, could you go over the locations,
00:51:23the hotspots of some of the fireworks and shots fired calls that you guys are going to be patrolling more?
00:51:34So drone mitigation technology is used pretty widely whenever there's a major special event.
00:51:40We use it for the US Open, we use it for New Year's Eve,
00:51:44any major event where there's a potential for a drone to be used for nefarious purposes.
00:51:50We have technological capability to mitigate threat.
00:51:53And again, we do this in coordination with federal partners who have authorization to mitigate drone.
00:51:59And there's different techniques that you can use to do it, but it is not at all a new capability or new technology.
00:52:07It's pretty standard operating package for-
00:52:09It wouldn't be shooting it down.
00:52:10Pardon?
00:52:11It wouldn't be shooting it down.
00:52:12It's not like in the movies where you shoot it out of the sky.
00:52:15No, it is safe for mass gatherings.
00:52:19That's the whole point, and it's quite technologically advanced.
00:52:22All right, Chief, on the locations-
00:52:24Yeah, just for the overall play, each priest is going to stand alone in terms of what's unique to that priest from a historical point of view, from three ones and information I have.
00:52:34For our special staffing, we're going to be heavy in the Bronx, heavy in northern part of Brooklyn.
00:52:40We added 13 additional zones, if you will, to 4th of July for us to police.
00:52:46We'll be looking at parks early on in the night, especially in the northern part of Manhattan.
00:52:50So it's multi-layered.
00:52:52We know the locations that we want to concentrate on based on last year, like I said, the Bronx, parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, North.
00:52:58And each priest has their own individual priest and playing unique to their community.
00:53:03All right, so last one on July 4th, Aaron.
00:53:08With apologies to Will, because I'm sure this show is going to be awesome, but Commissioner Weiner,
00:53:12can you, the joint threat assessment mentioned a lot of different things to be concerned about.
00:53:19What generally concerns you?
00:53:20Why this substantial police presence that's going to be larger than ever before?
00:53:24What's the point?
00:53:25What's in your head?
00:53:26What's bugging you?
00:53:28Well, to be fair, this joint threat assessment was produced by FBI and DHS.
00:53:33And again, it's an annual document.
00:53:37And the idea is to give the public or to give the audience an understanding of the range of possibilities
00:53:44that underline protection around major special events.
00:53:49The world is a complicated place at this moment, and we have a robust police presence every year around July 4th.
00:53:58This isn't different than years past.
00:54:01We obviously take our duty to protect the event very seriously.
00:54:05This year, it spans a wide space of geography.
00:54:10And again, we've been dealing with a complicated threat environment that we've spent a lot of time talking about for the last eight months.
00:54:18You have a vibrant terrorism threat overseas.
00:54:23You have a lot of polarization here.
00:54:26You just heard about an increase in hate crimes.
00:54:29So it's entirely appropriate that whenever there's a large scale event like this one,
00:54:34we think about all potential hypotheticals and we plan accordingly.
00:54:38But again, this isn't new.
00:54:39We do this every year.
00:54:41We want to make the 4th of July safe and happy for all, and that's exactly what we're doing this year.
00:54:47All right, let's move into our off topics, and we'll start with Jen.
00:54:54I just want to go back to the sex assault and the public perception.
00:54:58I know crime is a low down.
00:54:59There are some sex assault rape crimes that are up.
00:55:02But just wanted to know what's being done specifically for these crimes for New Yorkers and for black New Yorkers.
00:55:08Last month, I believe it was Casino Park, where a young girl was raped, and then last week it was, well, a woman was sunbathing.
00:55:15So maybe just at parks, outdoors, what's being done, especially summer is here now.
00:55:20Anything specifically that New Yorkers can count on you guys for?
00:55:22Sure, so as far as, I guess I'll start with the parks.
00:55:26So obviously, we identify parks that we see
00:55:32increases in 311 calls, increases in 911 calls, and also crime complaints.
00:55:39So just for instance, for July 4th, we identified 19 parks across the city of New York
00:55:46that we feel should have additional police officers patrol those offices, and they will be.
00:55:52And each precinct commander is responsible for a park plan every year,
00:55:59which is written into his or her crime strategy plan.
00:56:02Obviously, park crime is part of a constant topic that we look at.
00:56:07And the overall rapes, Joe described it best,
00:56:11an increase in special victims investigators, right?
00:56:16Very, very skilled, they're experts in what they do.
00:56:20The advocates, working with the advocates.
00:56:23And just like anything, field deployment, right?
00:56:27You're talking about 20,000 patrol officers that are out there every day, answering the radio, but
00:56:32also patrolling the areas that we do see upticks in street level crimes, including all crimes.
00:56:40Hi, Tom.
00:56:42I just have a quick question regarding the homicide in the 4-6, if there's any updates on that as a possible motive.
00:56:48And I know it's also just been three days in, but the How Many Stops Act, how's that going for you guys?
00:56:55I'll take the 4-6.
00:56:56So yesterday at 4.28 PM, we have a car accident in front of 226 West Tremont Avenue, and involves two cars.
00:57:06The drivers are not known to each other.
00:57:08They get out of the car, and they begin to dispute over who caused the accident.
00:57:12As they do that, a crowd gathers, and they seem to take side with the drivers.
00:57:19So the crowd gathers, they start to get involved in the dispute between the two drivers.
00:57:25At one point, a perpetrator who was a male black wearing dark pants and red sandals.
00:57:32He begins to argue with the driver.
00:57:34The crowd turns on him and starts to throw items striking him in the head.
00:57:38He then in turn turns around and stabs somebody in the crowd.
00:57:41As of right now, we have some good video from a dash cam that we have.
00:57:46It's providing us a good image, and our investigation is still continuing.
00:57:51If anybody has any information, they can just call 1-800-577-TIPS.
00:57:55We'd appreciate it.
00:57:57All right, so turning to the How Many Stops Act, as you said, we're literally at day three.
00:58:02So we've obviously put a lot of time and effort into making sure we were ready for this.
00:58:09And policies, training, the technological side, it is a major change for the department.
00:58:16It's going to affect the day-to-day work of police officers.
00:58:22And obviously, making that seep in to the culture of the department, the day-to-day nature of that, it definitely takes time, of course.
00:58:29But we're going to follow the law, we're committed to following the law.
00:58:34But in terms of how it's going so far, I mean, it's day three, it's really just too soon to say.
00:58:40And Tom, it's not a stop, it's an inquiry.
00:58:42Big difference.
00:58:43It should be called the How Many Inquiry Act, not the How Many Stops Act.
00:58:46All right, Tony?
00:58:49Yeah, I guess for the legal counsel, the commissioner put out a statement yesterday
00:58:53about CCRP activities vis-a-vis the department.
00:58:59And the commissioner indicated that there's a problem with cases
00:59:05going beyond the statute of limitations with the CCRP.
00:59:10Is that causing an issue with the disciplinary process at your end?
00:59:16So a few points on that.
00:59:17Obviously, if a case comes to us after the statute of limitations has passed,
00:59:23that's one type of problem, of course.
00:59:25What we do see sometimes, and this is a real challenge,
00:59:31is that a case will come to us from the CCRP right before the statute of limitations is about to run.
00:59:38So you have a very limited amount of time to look at what CCRP has concluded,
00:59:45for us to do our own assessment of the evidence, the case.
00:59:52And that does present particular challenges, right?
00:59:55These are incredibly serious matters, every single case, right?
01:00:00Matters to everyone involved, to the complainant, to the respondent.
01:00:07And you never want to be rushed with these things, right?
01:00:10Nobody should want that.
01:00:12And if we do find ourselves in a situation where a case comes to us, and
01:00:17yes, it's before the statute of limitations has run, but we're talking about just weeks or
01:00:23even days, that presents a tremendous rush in time pressure,
01:00:29which really serves no one's interest, certainly does not serve the interest of justice.
01:00:33Is that something we have seen with CCRP?
01:00:35Yes, sometimes.
01:00:36So you have to then possibly, because of the rush,
01:00:40it was a short time frame in some way to not proceed?
01:00:43So obviously, that is not an outcome that anyone wants, right?
01:00:49Again, that does not serve the interest of justice.
01:00:52Has that happened historically?
01:00:53Yes, there have been times when a case came on such short notice that we simply were not in a position
01:01:01to process it in a fair and timely fashion.
01:01:05I don't have the data in terms of how often that's happened more recently.
01:01:08Has it happened historically?
01:01:10Yes, there have been times when that has occurred.
01:01:12I'm going to take a quick pause and let our guests from Macy's and Hudson River just step out and proceed with their business of the day.
01:01:20And we thank them for coming in and being here for us.
01:01:30Tony, the other thing while they're leaving out is you did see the opinion that the PC had posted yesterday.
01:01:39We also sent it out to everybody, just going into a little detail about some of the stuff with discipline and
01:01:46some of the inaccuracies and some of the stuff we saw recently.
01:01:48All right, Kelly, Mena?
01:01:52Yes, I wanted to go back to that how do you stop that?
01:01:56For tomorrow, it's in place now, and it's in effect.
01:02:00On a day like tomorrow, how does that affect policing and public safety?
01:02:04Does it slow it down since you have so many officers out and it's just starting?
01:02:09How does that look?
01:02:10Will it affect policing tomorrow?
01:02:12Right, so obviously there was a lot of back and forth over the How Many Stops Act, a tremendous debate over that.
01:02:20I'm not looking to rehash that here.
01:02:22It is the law and we're going to follow it.
01:02:24That said, by definition, it imposes additional burdens on the department, on our officers.
01:02:34Filling out these forms takes time, by definition.
01:02:39And it's too soon to say exactly how that's going to play out.
01:02:42But if you think about it, that means necessarily there is going to be
01:02:47either an increase in response times or an increase in overtime, or both.
01:02:54Now, in terms of how much of one, how much of the other, the magnitude, it is definitely too soon to say.
01:03:02But necessarily, there has to be some effect, right?
01:03:05Your officers on a daily basis are filling out these forms.
01:03:10They take time, and that time has to go somewhere.
01:03:13So it's either affecting response times or overtime or both.
01:03:17But in terms of that balance and the magnitude, it's too soon to say.
01:03:21And can I just add it to there one sec, Mike?
01:03:23I spoke to a couple officers yesterday and asked them how it was going.
01:03:27And they told me that it just takes too long.
01:03:31They're trying to get information down from the person that they are making an inquiry about.
01:03:36And they're taking it on their pad, they're guessing what their ethnicity is, what their age is, what their gender is.
01:03:43They just say it's the process, it just takes too long.
01:03:46And that it is enhancing, affecting their ability to respond to priority jobs and progress.
01:03:53All right, Mike, and before we move past you, Mike, can you just address quickly, I came up with the mayor's off topics yesterday.
01:04:01Can you just address the difference between when a PC has the absolute right to take over a case versus
01:04:07the difference between when he disagrees with a CCRB recommendation and he puts that in writing back to the CCRB?
01:04:13Yeah, sure. I mean, they're really just two different things entirely.
01:04:18So one is what we call a P2, P2 is paragraph two.
01:04:24And that's pursuant to MOU, I think it's 2012 MOU that we have with the CCRB.
01:04:30And that MOU has to do with their ability, they're bringing charges and specifications, actually prosecuting that.
01:04:37The CCRB prosecutes cases in NYPD administrative courts.
01:04:45But pursuant to that agreement, which is publicly available, in paragraph two,
01:04:50there are certain circumstances, a narrow set of circumstances,
01:04:55in which, pursuant to the MOU, the police commissioner is allowed to essentially
01:05:00take the case from the CCRB to be addressed in our own disciplinary procedures.
01:05:05In many of those cases, and we talk about that in the statement, in many of those cases, we take it as an imposed discipline.
01:05:14Now, that can happen, and I'm actually just going to read from the MOU for a second.
01:05:19It happens, it's limited to cases in which either there are parallel or related criminal investigations.
01:05:26Or when, if you have an officer with no disciplinary history or prior substantiated CCRB complaints,
01:05:33based on such officer's record and disciplinary history, the interest of justice would not be served.
01:05:38So that's, again, public agreement between us and the CCRB, and that's what's called a P2 case.
01:05:44That's taking the case into sort of the PD disciplinary system and away from the CCRB.
01:05:51Now, separately, you can have situations in which a case is adjudicated in our system.
01:06:01And the police commissioner might disagree with the CCRB's recommendation
01:06:06regarding the appropriate discipline to be imposed.
01:06:10Or the police commissioner might be, for whatever reason, deviating from the matrix.
01:06:20So in those situations, we're talking now about the penalty piece of this, the disciplinary piece of this,
01:06:24that is contrary to CCRB's recommendation or outside the range in the matrix.
01:06:30In those situations, the PC can, he has the authority to exercise his discretion and impose the appropriate punishment.
01:06:39In both situations, the P2 situations and what we call deviation cases, right?
01:06:45It's in writing, and it's transparent.
01:06:47The police commissioner writes a letter to the CCRB explaining why he's doing what he's doing.
01:06:53The CCRB responds.
01:06:56That's all in writing.
01:06:57It is publicly available.
01:06:59So I do want to emphasize, again, this is consistent with the law,
01:07:04consistent with the MOU, and it is transparent.
01:07:09Anthony?
01:07:10I want to go back to the sex assault from last week.
01:07:14Cass had talked about putting more cameras on trails where there weren't as many lights.
01:07:21You said you were going to go back there the day after.
01:07:23Did you guys get a chance to do that in Central Park, Casino Park?
01:07:26If so, how many more cameras can people expect to be put up?
01:07:30So to answer your question with Casino Park, that's done already.
01:07:34We have put a lot of cameras up there.
01:07:37I'm not going to give you the number, Anthony, as much as I know you want the number.
01:07:40But we put some cameras there that you will see and some cameras that you will not see.
01:07:44As far as Central Park, we met with the Central Park Conservancy.
01:07:48We did a survey with our TARO team.
01:07:51We're working in conjunction with them because we wanted their input of exactly where they think that the cameras would be best useful for
01:07:57the individuals that do attend the park with.
01:08:03And we are scheduled for after the holiday weekend to go back there and
01:08:09start the installation of the cameras, and those cameras are going to stay.
01:08:13They're not temporary cameras.
01:08:14They're going to stay in Central Park.
01:08:18It's a lot.
01:08:22All right, so.
01:08:24I just want to ask about the commissioner, going back to the commissioner of CCRP.
01:08:28In his statement, he mentioned that he has a more volume of cases.
01:08:32I was wondering if you could say how many cases he's had to deal with versus maybe how many solo?
01:08:38Yes, I don't have that data here with me, but I think we can probably get you some additional information.
01:08:41I think we can get you the numbers, but it's a lot more.
01:08:44And you've got to remember that the commissioner also cleared up hundreds of cases of backlog that was left him from the previous two police commissions.
01:08:52Hundreds of cases that they were backlogged upstairs.
01:08:55And I believe we are down to somewhere between 20 to only 30 cases that are in backlog now.
01:09:02As opposed to hundreds when he stepped in.
01:09:04So, a lot of what you see, again, you can submit these questions to DCBI, but
01:09:09a lot of what you're seeing and what people are telling somebody is just completely inaccurate.
01:09:14The commission's been very transparent, there's an MOU that people can look up.
01:09:19And all of these numbers are available, so I don't know why there's so much confusion around discipline.
01:09:24But there's a lot of statements that are being made that's just totally false.
01:09:27I saw one yesterday about termination and people were terminated, which was completely false.
01:09:33There were zero officers terminated over that issue.
01:09:35And so there's a lot of statements and things that you read that are just completely false.
01:09:41All right, so I don't see anybody else.
01:09:42With that, we'll conclude.
01:09:44Thank you everybody for coming in.