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Deputy Commissioner Gerber explains use of gang database in Ceasefire program
2:30:34
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Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber provides a detailed explanation of how the NYPD uses the gang database in the Ceasefire program. He emphasizes the importance of the database in identifying crew and gang memberships for targeted interventions.
- Gerber clarifies that the NYPD doesn't share database information with other city agencies
- He explains that the Ceasefire program operates on a crew or gang basis
- The criminal group database serves as a starting point for identifying group memberships
- Gerber argues that eliminating the database would create challenges in tracking gang or crew membership
- He emphasizes that the database allows for centralized tracking, auditing, and oversight
Michael Gerber
2:30:34
So just just so we're clear, so there's no confusion.
2:30:37
Right?
2:30:37
So for reasons that I think I think everyone here appreciates, we do not share like with with other city agencies who is or is not in the gang database, the criminal group database, and there are good reasons for that.
2:30:48
When it comes to ceasefire, I think this is what Steve Lepatra was referring to, a huge part of ceasefire is figuring out and knowing who is in particular crews.
2:30:58
Right?
2:30:58
Ceasefire is done on a crew or gang basis, bringing in a particular group at the same time.
2:31:03
And how do we know who who is in a particular crew and a gang?
2:31:07
The We have intelligence in our criminal group database that is a starting point, not the endpoint, but a starting point for that.
2:31:15
So really separate from sharing with outside agencies.
2:31:19
They really are two different things.
2:31:20
And I think the larger point here is that in a world in which we are required by law to eliminate the database, and if the law also says, as the proposed bill does, we can't have any sort of substitute, what that is saying is that the department cannot, in a centralized way, track gang or crew membership.
2:31:44
And that creates a host of challenges.
2:31:47
And one of them, chief Lepetre was referring to was in something like a ceasefire program when we're we're saying, okay, who is in this crew or in this gang?
2:31:55
In a world in which we have been barred by law from tracking that, it becomes much more challenging.