Q&A
Data collection on missing persons and its relation to trafficking
1:11:33
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Council Member Salaam inquires about the NYPD's data collection on missing persons and its potential relation to human trafficking. Josh Levin from the NYPD provides information on the data collected and observed trends.
- The NYPD tracks missing persons numbers, with data going back about 10 years
- Data is broken down by precinct, gender, age, and race
- Observed trends include a 60-70% male to female ratio for missing persons
- More people over 21 are reported missing compared to those 20 and under
- Missing persons data includes a wide range of ages, including elderly individuals
Yusef Salaam
1:11:33
You mentioned the, the bill, intro 8 31, that requires the NYPD to report on missing persons.
1:11:44
Does the NYPD currently collect data on the number of missing persons reported citywide?
1:11:49
And do certain communities in New York City experience higher rates of missing persons, and if so, where?
1:11:55
And does the NYPD patrol efforts or other enforcement strategies take into account trends related to missing persons occurring in any given community?
Josh Levin
1:12:05
Chair Josh Levin, nice to see you again.
1:12:07
How are you?
Yusef Salaam
1:12:08
Pretty good.
Josh Levin
1:12:09
Yes.
1:12:09
We do track missing persons numbers.
1:12:12
The bill, for example, goes back about 10 years broken down to SAG by precinct, by gender, by ace, by race.
1:12:20
And I have some of those numbers.
1:12:22
We do track those things.
1:12:25
I would be leery to give any type of conclusion about trends.
1:12:31
Right?
1:12:31
Because it's a lot of information, 70 plus precincts, 10 years worth of data.
1:12:35
But what I am comfortable saying is for the precincts that I spot checked, we're seeing some things for trends.
1:12:43
Like, for example, the breakdown is around, you know, I would say 60, 70% male, and the rest female.
1:12:52
There's always some unknowns or not identified.
1:12:54
So we see that.
1:12:56
Another thing that I thought was interesting is again, missing persons is is you know, I know we're doing it in context of the, human trafficking, but they overlap, but they're not a 100% the same.
1:13:06
Right?
1:13:07
Because some people may be reported missing and, you know, they were just hanging out with friends or something, or it could be an elderly person.
1:13:14
Right?
1:13:15
Okay.
1:13:15
So we see I'm seeing in this data that I broke it up into up to 20 years old and then 20 years old and after, because there's a lot of data.
1:13:27
I'm seeing disproportionately more people over 21 being reported missing than 20 and below.
1:13:33
Because again, missing person is different.
1:13:35
You see a lot of numbers skewed upward.
1:13:37
When I'm going through these numbers, I'm seeing 80 year olds, I'm seeing 77 year olds.
1:13:41
You know, my father, has some some issues, so I understand where that comes from.
1:13:48
So that's the type
Kathleen Baer
1:13:48
of stuff
Yusef Salaam
1:13:48
I think you're seeing there.