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Discussion on increased response times for critical and overall crimes
2:50:16
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Council Member Restler raises concerns about the significant increase in NYPD response times for both critical crimes and overall crimes compared to pre-COVID levels. He emphasizes the importance of timely police response to ensure public safety and asks Commissioner Tisch about her awareness of the issue and plans to address it.
- Restler notes that response times for the most urgent crimes have increased by over 40% from pre-COVID levels.
- He points out that end-to-end response times for all crimes have increased by 50%, from about 10 minutes to nearly 16 minutes.
- Restler stresses that responding quickly to serious crimes is a primary responsibility of police officers.
Lincoln Restler
2:50:16
I do the issue you may be you may not be surprised by this if your staff briefed you appropriately, but I'm gonna raise the same issue that I raise at every one of these hearings, which is my concern about response times.
2:50:28
We have seen under this administration since compared to pre COVID levels, response times as of the PMMR are up over seven minutes, seven minutes and ten seconds, for the most urgent crimes, the most critical crimes in progress.
2:50:41
When a shot is fired, when there's a robbery, an assault with a weapon, that is up nearly 40 over forty percent from pre COVID levels, and it's getting worse every year.
2:50:49
There was some progress in the PMMR last year, but then it it it got there was some progress over the course of last year, but now things are worse yet again.
2:50:57
To me, this is the number one responsibility of police officers, is responding in a timely fashion to the most serious crimes to make sure that we are all safe.
2:51:07
So I'd just like to ask, and and I'll I'll say it's not just the most serious critical crimes, the end to end response times for all crimes are up by fully fifty percent from pre COVID levels.
2:51:19
It was fifteen minutes and forty nine seconds in the PMMR this year.
2:51:22
Pre COVID, it was nine minutes and fifty five seconds.
2:51:25
That is a massive increase for people.
2:51:27
When you need an officer and you want that responsiveness, it's just not there in the way that it used to be.
2:51:33
And so with that, I'd like to ask, is this on your radar?
2:51:37
I imagine it is.
2:51:38
What are you doing about it?
2:51:39
How can we try and inspire?
2:51:40
How can we improve response times?
Jessica Tisch
2:51:41
It's very much on our radar, and it is directly linked to the staffing levels in our precincts and our PSAs, which is why among the major priorities of the past few months have been two things.