Q&A
DOI's transparency in audits and investigations of police practices
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Commissioner Strauber explains how the Department of Investigation (DOI) ensures transparency in its audits and investigations of police practices. The main method is through the work they do and the reports they produce.
- DOI reports describe current practices, especially if they differ from the IUPs
- The reports allow the public to see any disconnect between policy and reality
- This process creates additional transparency around the use of surveillance technologies
Gale Brewer
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How does, OID NYPD, is basically your office, ensure transparency in its audits and investigations of police practices?
0:38:35
How do you ensure transparency?
Jocelyn Strauber
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Well, think the work that we do and the reports are really the way that we ensure transparency.
0:38:41
So for some of these devices, like drones, for example, they are subject of public concern, but there are aspects of drone use that the public is not aware of.
0:38:48
When we issue these reports, we not only look at the IUPs, but we also describe the practices that currently exist, particularly if they're distinct from those IUPs.
0:38:58
The IUPs provide obviously a form of transparency as well.
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But our work enables the public to see if there's a disconnect between the policy and the reality.
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We are sharing through our reports what that reality is, and that creates additional transparency around the use of these technologies.