Q&A
Circumstances for referring complaints to other law enforcement agencies
1:29:53
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3 min
Council Member Salaam inquires about circumstances where the NYPD refers complaints to other law enforcement agencies. NYPD officials explain the jurisdictional limitations and collaboration with other agencies.
- NYPD only has jurisdiction over incidents occurring within New York City and crimes under New York State law
- Examples of cases referred to other agencies include out-of-state crimes or civil matters
- NYPD assists victims in identifying the appropriate agency to report their case
- Emphasis on collaboration and information sharing with other jurisdictions and federal agencies
- NYPD maintains relationships with agencies nationwide and internationally to combat cross-jurisdictional crimes
Yusef Salaam
1:29:53
And lastly, in in what circumstances does the NYPD refer complaints to other law enforcement agencies when an individual seeks to file a complaint that their identity was stolen?
Julie Morrill
1:30:04
Alright.
1:30:05
Well, It's very complex, actually.
1:30:10
But just to just to start, the NYPD only has jurisdiction where incidents occurred within the confines of the city of New York.
1:30:22
And only for crimes that occurred that are crimes under the laws of New York State.
1:30:29
So there are many different types of non crimes or crimes that occurred in other jurisdictions.
1:30:38
That we have no authority over and we do not take complaints for.
1:30:41
A couple of examples are, one is if you let's say, we're expecting a check that was being issued in the state of Texas, and they found out that that check was in fact cashed in the state of Texas.
1:30:55
That is the the money never came into the state of New York.
1:31:00
There's no identity theft within the state of New York.
1:31:03
That would actually be a a theft wholly within the state of Texas.
1:31:08
So if someone were to come into one of our station houses and say, I've they always say the same thing.
1:31:14
Everyone always says the same thing, and this is the second point.
1:31:18
They're not required to know what the crime classifications are.
1:31:21
They're not required to know.
1:31:22
They're not required to know.
1:31:24
Everybody says, I was robbed.
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And and we find out someone stole a check-in the state of Texas.
1:31:31
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS HAVE THE ONE OF THE CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS MAYBE OR AN NCO WHEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS MIGHT HELP TO WALK THEM THROUGH WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR REPORT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY STATE OF TEXAS QUITE LARGE.
1:31:44
WE COULD SEE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT help them figure out the best of our ability where they might actually make that report.
1:31:50
Other things that they might want to come in and talk to us about turn out to be a a civil matter, let's say they had a verbal agreement to loan someone money.
1:32:02
And now they decided, I I can't wait until the money comes due next year.
1:32:07
I want the money right now that it's a civil matter, and it's not a crime at that point.
1:32:15
That that's a brief example, but those are are two examples that give you the idea.
1:32:20
We can only cover what happens, what occur in what occurs within the the city of New York under New York state law.
Jason Savino
1:32:28
But I I just wanna add that And I started saying, ultimately, I I talked about our specialist teams and how they teach nationwide with liaison with not only the states, but other countries, where we have relationships through our federal teams and what have you across because the individuals, the criminals that commit crimes elsewhere are ultimately gonna come here eventually also.
1:32:56
So we share that network.
1:32:57
We share all the information and we liaison with them.
1:33:01
And add pieces to the puzzles as well.
1:33:03
So we're always working with each other in every which way of form sharing intel, sharing information, and and certainly working together, just trying to certain solve every crime we can.
Yusef Salaam
1:33:18
Thank you.
1:33:18
Passing it back to the chair.
Crystal Hudson
1:33:20
Great.
1:33:20
Thank you so much, chair Salam.
1:33:22
I'm now going to open it up for member questions, and then chair Salam and I will will close it out.
1:33:31
I'll start with council member Ariola.
