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Request for information on circumstances leading to juvenile DNA collection
1:12:35
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Council Member Diana I. Ayala requests information on the circumstances that led to the collection of 174 abandonment samples from juveniles. NYPD officials provide context and statistics to explain these cases.
- NYPD officials explain that most samples are collected to corroborate existing arrests
- They emphasize that DNA collection often relates to gun arrests and other serious crimes
- Statistics are provided on juvenile gun arrests to contextualize the DNA collection numbers
- NYPD stresses that the number of abandonment samples is small compared to total arrests
Diana I. Ayala
1:12:35
Alright.
1:12:36
Well, there'll be there'll be some there'll be some time, I guess, for for further discussion.
1:12:42
But do you know what the circumstances were that led to the 174 cases of abandonment samples from kids?
Michael Gerber
1:12:51
I'm sorry, can you just ask that one?
Diana I. Ayala
1:12:52
What were the circumstances surrounding the 100 and that led to the 174 samples of abandonment samples collected from kids?
Michael Gerber
1:13:04
When you say
Diana I. Ayala
1:13:05
What are the circumstances?
1:13:06
How how does I'll
Jason Savino
1:13:08
reemphasize a point I made earlier.
1:13:10
They're really to corroborate a crime that an individual was arrested for.
1:13:14
Right?
1:13:14
Like a gun arrest.
1:13:16
You know, the vast majority of those are collected so this way we can compare it versus that recovered gun.
1:13:22
And once again, it it it not only corroborates the arrest but may exonerate another individual.
Jumaane Williams
1:13:28
And
Michael LiPetri
1:13:29
If if if I can again, last year, there was and this is just gun arrest.
1:13:35
Yeah.
1:13:35
There was almost 500 juveniles arrested with a gun last year in New York City.
1:13:40
That's twelve percent of all the gun arrests and we only have a 74 abandonment samples.
1:13:45
That's just gun arrest.
1:13:46
I'm not talking about the hundred juveniles that arrested for shootings last year.
1:13:50
I'm not talking about the thousands that were arrested for robberies.
1:13:53
So a 74 abandonment samples, 500 gun arrests, almost 500 gun arrests.
1:13:57
12% of all New York City gun arrests under the age of 18.