Q&A
NYPD's approach to protecting youth from trafficking during large public events
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Council Member Farah N. Louis inquires about NYPD's steps to protect youth from trafficking during large public events like the Super Bowl. Deputy Chief Carlos Ortiz explains the NYPD's approach to monitoring and preventing trafficking during such events.
- NYPD focuses on trafficking prevention during large events
- The Special Victims Unit monitors internet activity and uses various investigative tools
- NYPD looks for trends and gathers information from multiple sources
- Collaboration with school safety agents and other partners is emphasized
- The approach involves thinking outside the box and gathering information from diverse locations
Farah N. Louis
1:19:01
K.
1:19:03
I also wanted to know because this is a popular season.
1:19:06
Right?
1:19:06
We're in February.
1:19:07
Super Bowl is coming up.
1:19:09
I wanted to know what steps does the NYPD take to protect youth from trafficking during public events, such as large gatherings, maybe Super Bowl parties, school related activities?
1:19:22
What what's the process for NYPD?
Althea Stevens
1:19:28
I think I
Carlos Ortiz
1:19:28
think the the NYPD in general, in those large events, does focus on that thing.
1:19:33
My my unit, we do start looking at, Internet.
1:19:36
We start looking at different, ways.
1:19:38
Again, I I don't wanna put out a lot of our investigative tools, but there's a lot of investigative tools that we look to see trends, see what's what's going on, see what we're hearing, and also from our our our partners, see what they're hearing.
1:19:50
Because, like like, the the chair said, sometimes you you may be not listening to the right group.
1:19:57
For instance, you know, you may have someone at at school safety that has a great relationship with the kids in the school that's hearing stuff.
1:20:03
We have we have we have coordination with the school safety agents.
1:20:06
So again, it it it goes back to what I said, from the beginning is it's thinking outside the box and trying to get your information from as many locations as possible, in order to kinda put it together.
1:20:17
Mhmm.