Q&A
NYPD's implementation of implicit bias training
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Council Member Diana I. Ayala inquires about the NYPD's implementation of implicit bias training as part of the revamping of stop and frisk practices. NYPD officials, including Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber, respond with information about current and upcoming training programs.
- 24,000 out of approximately 33,000 officers have completed a video module on racial profiling and bias-based policing
- New fair and impartial policing training for all employees will be rolled out in January
- Recruits receive training on policing legally, impartially, and in a multicultural society during their time at the academy
Diana I. Ayala
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Oh my goodness.
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Good afternoon or good morning or whatever it is at this point.
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I will start with the same thing that I say at every public safety hearing.
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I am not anti NYPD as, you know, as much as that would please other people to say, we are not, you know, anti keeping community safe.
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We have questions.
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We have questions about discrepancies and maybe, you know, data that may look like it's more targeted towards a specific population.
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And so one of my questions was really on implicit bias training and and wondering whether that's something that the department has has implemented, as part of the revamping of stop and frisk.
Michael Gerber
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So just, you wanna hear about training generally, about implicit bias in particular?
Diana I. Ayala
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Implicit bias in particular.
Michael Gerber
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So so that's something that we have been doing and continue to do.
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So earlier this year, we did, a 75 minute training for, really, the entire NYPD executive staff, risk factors for biased behavior, which gets at these types of issues.
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That was something that that that was, I think, very productive and helpful.
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And then more importantly, even more importantly, some were rolling out in January of this coming year department wide fair and impartial policing training.
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That's for that's for all employees.
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You know, we have a, a module we've done, a training module about racial profiling and bias based policing.
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We've had over I think we had 24,000 officers who have been trained on that.
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I'm not sure I've gotten it at all of the
Diana I. Ayala
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24,000 officers to date have been trained on implicit bias?
Michael Gerber
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I've done the have done the it's a I think it's a video module, racial profiling and bias based policing.
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Yes.
Diana I. Ayala
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And how many officers are on the force?
Michael Gerber
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I think we have, uniform, it should be around 30,000.
Jeffrey Maddrey
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The total uniform, about 33,000.
Diana I. Ayala
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I don't think your mic is on.
Michael Gerber
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I'm
Jeffrey Maddrey
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sorry.
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Uniform, 33,000.
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1,000.
Michael Gerber
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Yeah.
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And I and I should say, just to be clear, every every all of our recruits get training in the academy on this.
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Right?
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We do training on both policing legally, and we do separate training on policing impartially.
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We do training on policing in a multicultural society.
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So it's there's everyone's getting this in the academy.
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And And then on top of that, we're talking about essentially either, you know, refresher courses or sort of where you're getting at kind of implicit bias issues and sophisticated training about that.
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So it's very much a work in progress, but it's something that we we we definitely do.
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Yes.
