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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies on various public safety issues in New York City, including support for a detained individual, expansion of ShotSpotter technology, concerns about closing Rikers Island, and suggestions for improving 911 operations and NYPD staffing.
- Urges support for Mahmoud Khalil's release from ICE custody
- Advocates for expanding ShotSpotter technology in specific neighborhoods
- Expresses concerns about space limitations in borough-based jails when closing Rikers Island
- Suggests hiring 5,000 more 911 operators instead of additional police officers
- Criticizes NYPD's reactive policing approach and overtime practices
Christopher Leon Johnson
9:34:58
Thank you.
9:34:59
Good afternoon chair of Salaam.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
9:35:03
First off, I know it's kinda old topic, but, you, sir, should jump on the Progressive Caucus', letter in showing your support for Mahmoud Khalil and Cohen for the release from ICE custody.
9:35:14
Free Mahmoud Khalil.
9:35:15
Please support him, brother.
9:35:17
Please.
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Please sign that letter.
9:35:19
Please.
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But I wanna talk about this right now that, first off, look, we need to make sure that stays in the city of New York.
9:35:29
We need to expand the contract.
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The ShotSpotter, they need to put one by my house on Lincoln and Buffalo because they'd be shooting up the block, near my house, but they need to put shots out of shot spotter there.
9:35:39
While we add it about Rikers is that, look, I'm call yeah.
9:35:44
We need to close Rikers because it's a big situation over there, but to keep it real that it's not a lot it's not a lot of space when it comes to these board based jails.
9:35:51
Like, where are you gonna put these people at when you when you close them down?
9:35:56
Like and and one more thing I wanna say about this whole situation about I just heard from the testimony from DC thirty seven about the lack of, like, they what?
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Sixteen hours a day at four days a week, sixty four hours a week, and there's only less than a thousand people that work nine one one.
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I know Andrew Cuomo is gonna be the next mayor.
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I know it's political, but the truth of matter fact is that he's calling for for the hiring of 5,000 more cops.
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Instead of him hiring instead of calling for hiring five five thousand more cops, he need to call for the hiring of 5,000 more nine one one operators because that will fix everything with the situation with overtime and stuff like that, and it'll give people bigger chance to get a job in the City Of New York.
9:36:40
So 5,000 more nine one one operators.
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You know I mean?
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We already have enough cops.
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Thirty four thousand cops is already enough cops in the City Of New York.
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Issue with the NYPD is that they need to do more proactive policing instead of reactive policing.
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That's why you got a lot of overtime because they anticipate a lot of things for the OT and it shouldn't be like that.
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So thank you.
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Thank you so much.
Yusef Salaam
9:37:03
Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
9:37:04
Thank you.