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What would decriminalizing jaywalking and making it a civil penalty do to reduce discriminatory stops?

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Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers questions whether decriminalizing jaywalking and making it a civil penalty instead of a criminal offense would result in fewer discriminatory stops by police.

Deputy Chief Thomas Alps states the NYPD is conscious of implicit and explicit bias in policing.
He says when data suggests biased policing, the NYPD examines it to ensure actions were lawful and followed guidelines.
Alps cites a specific NYPD guideline that prohibits bias-based policing.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

1:15:06

In regarding decriminalizing it and making it a suit penalty rather than legalizing it altogether, how would this result in fewer discriminatory stops?

1:15:18

It could be still used as a pretext to target minority communities, which is a serious harm to the social fabric of the city.

1:15:26

I think we all would agree and would reduce it to a civil penalty result in a lower deterrent effect.

Deputy Chief Thomas Alps

1:15:36

And, again, the police department is very conscious of implicit and explicit bias policing.

1:15:45

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1:15:46

So when the data sit jests something like that.

1:15:51

We're more conscious not to ever to dig into that data, to make sure that that policing method that was used and whatever that outcome was was lawful and within guidelines.

1:16:06

Where our administrative guide specifically 304 dash 17 prohibited spies based police So

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