Q&A
Council Member Narcisse questions NYPD on CIT and autism training progress
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse inquires about the progress of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for NYPD officers and the implementation of training for interacting with individuals with autism. NYPD Chief of Training Olufunmilola Obe provides detailed responses on the current status and future plans for both training programs.
- NYPD is about halfway through CIT training for its 33,000 members, with ongoing efforts to train new recruits and provide refresher courses.
- 84.2% of NYPD members (28,218) have completed autism interaction training, exceeding expectations set by Local Law 53 of 2023.
- Additional training on interacting with children in crisis has been incorporated into recruit training, including presentations from the Department of Education and the Aspen Institute.
Mercedes Narcisse
2:44:50
Now coming back to CIT training, we understand that you are prioritizing the training for officers who are likely to interact with someone in crisis.
2:45:01
Right?
2:45:01
Is there is it any timeline in mind to get 100%, because I heard 70%, I don't know if I'm wrong.
Olufunmilola Obe
2:45:11
There is a timeline with CIT training.
2:45:14
So, again, It's 33,000 members.
2:45:17
We're about halfway through to close the gap because besides just CIT training, we also have to be concerned about refreshers.
2:45:25
So essentially, if you took that course in 2017, here we are in 2024, you know, where is this refresher?
2:45:31
So we have that.
2:45:32
Virtual training is done.
2:45:34
We're good with that.
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But we want to the the concern is just to get all our new recruits through training.
2:45:40
So, again, 4 classes a year approximately 600 per class.
2:45:43
On average, we train about 24100 of our recruits per year.
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So this is just steps that we're taking to close that gap.
2:45:50
We have the virtual training.
2:45:51
We have the supervisors also because they have a role also.
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In their response to this incident.
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So there's a lot that we're doing to to get our people trained.
Mercedes Narcisse
2:46:01
Okay.
2:46:01
Thank thank you for that.
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Let me quickly member, just one second.
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Local law 53 of 2023.
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It was a training for autism to how to interact with people with autism.
2:46:19
So can you tell me where we are with that with the training?
Olufunmilola Obe
2:46:23
I'll tell you that we went above and beyond.
2:46:26
So that video was put together this year.
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As we speak today, we have 84.2 members trained.
2:46:34
Again, focus on operational commands, but overall in YPD 84.2 percent.
2:46:39
So that equates to about 28,218 members trained.
2:46:46
A few council hearings ago, we had a council member that was concerned about children.
Tiffany Cabán
2:46:51
Mhmm.
Olufunmilola Obe
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And we have now expanded that training to incorporate in the recruit training.
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We have the DOE
Gale Brewer
2:46:58
Mhmm.
Olufunmilola Obe
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Always speaks to our recruits.
2:47:01
And we also have the Aspen Institute that also speaks to recruit.
2:47:05
So the DOE presentation is based on police response to children in crisis and public school settings.
Gale Brewer
2:47:11
Mhmm.
UNKNOWN
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And they
Olufunmilola Obe
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asked for this to train our recruits on a topic of safeguard in children.
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So we've gone above and beyond.
2:47:17
Yeah.
Mercedes Narcisse
2:47:18
Appreciate that.
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Keep on doing it because a lot of the reason that question come up, because a lot of people in mental health crisis, you interacting with young folks that have autism, and you cannot make the difference in that.
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So I thank you for that.
2:47:33
Thank you.
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Now we're going back to Council member, Kevan.
