Q&A
NYPD's information and technology sharing practices with federal agencies
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Deputy Commissioner Gerber explains the NYPD's approach to sharing information and technology with federal agencies in the context of joint investigations and task forces.
- Information sharing is fluid and collaborative, not broken down by specific technologies
- NYPD detectives work shoulder-to-shoulder with federal agents in task forces
- Sharing information is crucial for successful investigations and safety
Robert Holden
2:07:35
And that makes everyone safer.
2:07:37
Certainly, do you share and vice versa, do you share technology with federal authorities and
Michael Gerber
2:07:45
So just to be clear, it's not so much, it's not about direct access.
2:07:48
But as I said before, when we think about partnering with another law enforcement agency, say, it's FBI or maybe it's DEA or whoever it may be, You know, that's a partnership.
2:07:59
The expectation is that they're going to share with us and we're going to share with them.
2:08:02
That's what it means to work collaboratively.
2:08:03
And quite frankly, quite frankly, if if multiple law enforcement agencies were working on an investigation together and they were not sharing information, that would be a disaster.
2:08:13
It would be a disaster for the investigation, and frankly, some ways it actually could be dangerous.
2:08:17
So we don't break that down by surveillance technology, right?
2:08:20
If you have a, know, you think about a task force where an NYPD detective is working shoulder to shoulder with an FBI agent, right?
2:08:27
And it's a great model for so many different reasons in terms of solving crimes.
2:08:33
You know, they're working collaboratively.
2:08:35
They're sharing information in a fluid way.
2:08:38
It's not broken down by different types of surveillance technologies.
2:08:41
It's, you know, what do we have, what do we need, what do we Right.
2:08:44
So you're not going
Robert Holden
2:08:45
to nitpick certain things.