Q&A
Council Member Brewer questions Deputy Sheriffs' Association President about data transparency and enforcement practices
2:13:45
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer questions Ingrid Simonovic, President of the New York City Deputy Sheriffs' Association, about data transparency, reporting practices, and enforcement methods related to unlicensed cannabis shops. Simonovic reveals a lack of transparency in the sheriff's office operations and data management.
- Brewer inquires about reporting misconduct to the Department of Investigation and the handling of 311 data by the sheriff's office.
- Simonovic discloses that there is little transparency in the agency's operations, even for insiders.
- Concerns are raised about the targeting of specific stores for repeated inspections, even when no contraband is found.
Gale A. Brewer
2:13:45
Have you reported any of this misconduct to the Department of Investigation?
2:13:49
And if so, have they done any follow-up?
2:13:51
Sometimes they don't tell you what they're doing, but have they been communicative at all?
Ingrid Simonovic
2:13:56
Yes, I'm aware that multiple complaints has been filed with DOE in the past about a year and a half, 3 years, but there has been no follow ups.
Gale A. Brewer
2:14:06
And then also, as you know, we have a bill that would have more data available through 311 because I believe I mean, I'm the author of the open data bill.
2:14:17
I feel very strongly about data.
2:14:19
So my question is, do you know if that data that now goes via email to the sheriff?
2:14:25
Does it get back to 301?
2:14:28
Does it get used?
2:14:29
Do you have any sense of what happens when the data goes to the sheriff's office?
2:14:33
Because now it's only available through the sheriff.
Ingrid Simonovic
2:14:38
Most of the the way this agency is operating now, there's no transparency.
2:14:43
Even us that are in the office, a lot of things we don't know.
2:14:47
We don't know where the data is coming from.
2:14:49
We don't know.
2:14:50
We are we do know who is putting the data together.
2:14:52
It's one of the people heat on board, but we don't know how they go about picking and choosing
Gale A. Brewer
2:14:59
As a user data, you don't know.
Ingrid Simonovic
2:15:01
Yes.
2:15:02
Yes.
2:15:02
We don't we don't know that.
2:15:04
We need to wear anything.
2:15:08
We don't know the data.
2:15:09
We don't know where we're going.
2:15:10
We don't know where the the they pick in all these stores to go inspected.
2:15:17
I am aware that sometimes we do go into an inspection at this store, and And even if the store is found with no contraband, we keep going back and back to that same store.
2:15:31
And I'm I'm also aware that he targets certain principles not the it's not being spread.
2:15:38
Throughout everybody.
Gale A. Brewer
2:15:41
I wanna thank you very much.
2:15:43
I am very aware of your concerns.
2:15:44
We will follow-up, and we congratulate you for being a great union leader.
2:15:49
Thank you.
2:15:50
Thank you very much.
2:15:51
Thank you.
