Q&A
NYPD cooperation with federal authorities on criminal investigations
2:06:26
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Council Member Holden inquires about the NYPD's cooperation with federal authorities on various criminal activities. Deputy Commissioner Gerber confirms that the NYPD readily cooperates with federal agencies on a wide range of criminal matters through federal task forces.
- The NYPD has increased resources for federal task force cooperation
- Cooperation with federal agencies on criminal matters is a long-standing practice
- The collaboration aims to make everyone safer
Robert Holden
2:06:26
Thank you, chair.
2:06:28
And thank you, deputy commissioner.
2:06:30
Nice to see you again.
2:06:31
Good see you, sir.
2:06:32
Thanks for your testimony and answering tough questions.
2:06:36
Regarding cooperation with federal authorities and whatever agencies involved, you mentioned about criminal activity, let's say human trafficking, drug activity, smuggling, gang activity, kidnapping, murder investigations, you cooperate with federal authorities readily.
2:06:55
We do in criminal matters of a wide variety.
2:06:58
The list you just gave and
Michael Gerber
2:06:59
then many more, we have a variety of federal task forces we're And
Robert Holden
2:07:03
that's paramount.
2:07:04
That's solving and and getting information.
2:07:06
You'll share information with federal authorities
Michael Gerber
2:07:09
in connection with criminal investigations?
2:07:11
Absolutely.
2:07:11
And by the way, that's not new.
2:07:13
I mean, we are putting we've put additional resources into that because it is so important.
2:07:19
We have we we have put additional detectives into a number of the federal task forces.
2:07:25
We're proud of that work.
2:07:26
But it's not new.
2:07:27
We've been we've been working with federal criminal federal federal agencies as part of federal task forces for many, many years.
Robert Holden
2:07:35
And that makes everyone safer.