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Clarification of gang database addition and removal numbers
1:56:48
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Council Member Yusef Salaam requests clarification on the numbers of additions to and removals from the NYPD's gang database. Chief Michael Lipetri restates and expands on the statistics.
- Lipetri reiterates the numbers for 2023 and the previous year
- He confirms that the trend of more removals than additions extends back to at least 2020
- This clarification emphasizes the NYPD's efforts to reduce the size of the database over time
Yusef Salaam
1:56:48
Sure.
1:56:48
Thank you as well.
1:56:50
Just for clarification, can you give me those numbers again?
1:56:54
The input and then the removed?
Michael Gerber
1:56:55
Yes.
Michael LiPetri
1:56:57
So in 2023, it was two zero one were added.
1:57:01
Two zero one individuals were added into the criminal group database, and sixteen thirty three were removed.
1:57:08
And last year, four 80 one added 1,559.
1:57:13
And it's the same going back to well, almost the same going back to 2022, more removed than added.
1:57:20
Same thing in 2021, more removed than added, and same in 2020.
Yusef Salaam
1:57:26
Thank you.
1:57:27
We'll now hear from council member Holden for his questions.