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Clarification on active and inactive status in the criminal group database
2:59:48
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Council Member Stevens seeks clarification on the difference between active and inactive status in the criminal group database. NYPD officials explain the process of removing individuals from the database and how this information is handled.
- When someone is removed from the database, their information becomes inaccessible to NYPD members
- A record of removal is kept for auditing purposes but is not accessible for regular use
- If an individual needs to be added back to the database, the process starts from scratch
Althea V. Stevens
2:59:48
So there are some rules.
2:59:49
But I just have one more question.
2:59:51
Can you explain the difference between active and inactive in the database?
2:59:55
Like, is there active and inactive parts of the database?
2:59:59
Because I know, like, you know, you review it every three years.
3:00:01
And so do they are they just taken off?
3:00:03
Are they inactive?
Michael Gerber
3:00:04
Okay.
3:00:04
So so I I think that's what you're getting at.
3:00:06
I I think so.
3:00:07
So if when someone is removed from the database, it is inaccessible to anyone.
3:00:13
Right?
3:00:13
In other words, they're not in the database.
3:00:14
It won't come up.
3:00:15
There is it's inactive in the sense that there is a record that they were once there.
3:00:20
It's important for auditing purposes.
3:00:22
Right?
3:00:23
If DOI, for example, is invest is is is is part of their audit work and their oversight work, we need to have some record of what was removed.
3:00:30
Right?
3:00:31
But I want to be very very clear like that.
3:00:33
So when someone is taken out of the database there's a member of service would not be able to get at that information.
3:00:40
They've been taken out.
3:00:41
And if they were going to be let's say new evidence came to light and they were going to be added in, the process would start over.
3:00:49
It's not like oh you just go back to someone who was previously removed and sort of bring that back.
3:00:53
It's not like that.
3:00:54
You have to start from scratch.
3:00:56
I think that maybe that answers your question.
3:00:58
I I hope it does.