Q&A
Council Member Salaam seeks clarification on NYPD mental health call statistics
3:05:35
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Council Member Yusef Salaam requests clarification on the statistics provided by NYPD representatives regarding mental health-related calls and responses.
- Salaam expresses interest in using this data for after-action plans and improving responses.
- NYPD representatives clarify that out of over 9 million calls in 2023, approximately 174,000 (less than 2%) were classified as EDP (Emotionally Disturbed Person) calls.
- Deputy Chief Ebony Washington provides additional context, stating that these 174,000 calls were the ones officers actually responded to out of the total 9 million calls received.
Yusef Salaam
3:05:35
No.
3:05:35
Thank you for that.
3:05:37
I'm I'm hoping that that also provides us an opportunity.
3:05:40
You know, I think often times about, like, after action plans and looking back and saying, how can we get it better?
3:05:46
Just you know, from my own lived experience.
3:05:49
I'm wondering and I know the part of this is, like, dealing with transparency and things like that, but you mentioned about the 9,000,000 overall and 7 what was the 79 or 10, 70
Joshua Levin
3:06:05
my apologies.
3:06:06
A 174,000.
Yusef Salaam
3:06:07
A 174,000
Joshua Levin
3:06:09
emotionally disturbed person's calls of those 9,000,000 ADP calls.
3:06:13
So 2% or so less.
3:06:16
You wanna sorry, chief.
3:06:17
I might I might have got one of those wrong.
3:06:19
My apologies.
3:06:19
There's no
Gale Brewer
3:06:20
one up.
3:06:20
Yeah.
Ebony Washington
3:06:23
Just taking a look at 2023.
3:06:28
We've we've taken over 9,000,000 calls.
3:06:31
Of those calls, 174,000 were radio ones that the officers actually responded to, which is less than 2% were EDP calls, and most we need to store persons.
Yusef Salaam
3:06:50
Got you.
3:06:53
Okay.
3:06:54
Thanks.
