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Overview of NYPD's Criminal Group Database (CGD)
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Public Advocate Williams provides an overview of the NYPD's Criminal Group Database (CGD), also known as the gang database.
- The CGD has been maintained by NYPD since 2013
- It contains about 16,000 entries
- NYPD uses it to discern trends, relationships, and patterns for public safety and criminal investigations
Jumaane Williams
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Since 2013, the NYPD has maintained a database of what they characterized as intelligence regarding criminal groups and street gangs.
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This criminal group database or CGD or as it is colloquially called the gang database according to the NYPD contains about 16,000 entries and allows them to discern trends, relationships and patterns to enhance public safety and criminal investigations.
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However, advocates, lawyers, and individuals in the database themselves report that it is largely full of men and boys of more color, many of whom have no gang affiliation at all.