Q&A
Community trust issues and NYPD engagement efforts
2:09:18
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87 sec
Council Member Rita Joseph raises concerns about community trust in the NYPD and the department's efforts to engage with community members. Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber acknowledges the challenges in building trust and discusses his attempts to meet with advocacy groups.
- Highlights the lack of trust between communities and the NYPD
- Discusses NYPD's attempts to engage with advocacy groups and community members
- Emphasizes the need for better community engagement and trust-building initiatives
Rita Joseph
2:09:18
So now they heard it on the record here.
2:09:21
Have you received any feedback from community members?
2:09:24
Have you engaged community members on the How Many Stops Act?
Michael Gerber
2:09:28
Have I heard I I have not heard directly back from community members.
2:09:31
No.
2:09:32
I have offered on multiple occasions to meet with, advocates and advocacy groups to talk about the How Many Stops Act.
Rita Joseph
2:09:38
And what was the response?
Michael Gerber
2:09:40
They have not taken me up on that yet.
Rita Joseph
2:09:42
And can you figure out why?
Michael Gerber
2:09:44
I hope they will be with me about it.
2:09:45
I'd like to talk
Rita Joseph
2:09:46
It's a trust issue.
2:09:47
Just like I don't trust because of my boys when they step outside.
2:09:50
I'm worried about them.
2:09:51
I'm sure across the city, the parents, and as an educator, I felt the same way about the students that I taught, that coming to school was about the same experience.
2:10:00
So that perception has to change, that trust has to be gained.
2:10:03
And over the summer, I had an incident with chief Madri.
2:10:06
He had to come to the district to apologize to my young people, because NYPD came and trampled over my young people at a basketball game.
2:10:14
And some of my colleagues would never understand that.
2:10:16
You ask young people to work with you.
2:10:18
We ask young people to trust them, but yet you come and violate that space.
2:10:22
You have to do right.
2:10:24
By imposing trauma on young people, we have to do we have to right the wrong.
2:10:28
Right?
2:10:28
We have to make it right.
2:10:30
Right?
2:10:30
So maybe that's why they're not meeting with you because there's no trust, and I told commissioners to do it the same thing.
2:10:35
He's like, chair, I I I create all these great program.
2:10:38
No kids show up.
2:10:39
They don't trust you.
2:10:40
So you have to build better messengers.
2:10:42
And as you're doing this, you have to start talking talking to young people.
