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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Significant decrease in indictments and incarcerations since the 1990s
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Bridget Brennan highlights a dramatic decrease in indictments and incarcerations stemming from cases brought to her office since the 1990s. This trend reflects the office's targeted enforcement strategies and changing approach to narcotics cases.
- Indictments and incarcerations have decreased by more than 90% since peaking in the 1990s
- The office's success is measured by the quality and impact of their work, not by the number of indictments or incarcerations
- The office has a strong reputation for expertise in high-level narcotics investigations
Bridget Brennan
5:26:04
And the most powerful reflection of our targeted enforcement strategies is encapsulated in a chart on page four in our submitted testimony.
5:26:18
And it shows, it tracks the indictments, incarcerations stemming from cases brought to our office, And it shows a decrease of more than 90% in indictments and incarcerations since both peaked in the 1990s.
5:26:38
So I think that tells you more than anything else about the focus of our office and our approach.
5:26:45
We have citywide jurisdiction over all five boroughs and we are tagged with looking at the big cases with citywide impact as well as local problems as directed by the five DAs.
5:27:01
So our office's success is not measured in indictments and incarcerations.
5:27:07
It's gauged by the quality and impact of our work.
5:27:11
Our office has a stellar national reputation and local reputation for expertise in high level narcotics investigation.
5:27:19
And at the same time, when we are working in a particular precinct or community, we are welcomed by the neighborhoods hard hit by open drug trafficking when we have been asked to assist in those neighborhoods.
5:27:32
And in connection with that, I've met with the council members of those districts when we've been asked to concentrate in those areas.