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Debate on the necessity and effectiveness of the criminal group database
2:55:55
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Council Member Stevens and NYPD officials engage in a heated debate about the necessity and effectiveness of the criminal group database. While NYPD officials defend it as a crucial tool for precision deployment and investigations, Stevens expresses concerns about potential racial profiling.
- NYPD officials argue that the database is essential for their crime control strategies
- Stevens questions the database's effectiveness and raises concerns about its disproportionate impact on certain communities
- The debate highlights the tension between law enforcement tools and civil liberties concerns
Michael LiPetri
2:55:55
I I just I I I wanna be crystal clear crystal clear on this.
2:56:00
The the the criminal group databases intelligence is what we do And it's about precision deployment and precision investigations.
2:56:11
Without that database, it would be hampering both our deployment and our investigations.
2:56:18
And the number one, the absolute number one crime strategy of the NYPD is field deployment.
2:56:26
And if you look at the data
Althea V. Stevens
2:56:28
And we can look at the data and we can talk about that but I I do actually have some questions.
2:56:32
But I I think that that's where we differ on it because the reality is when I sat and met with you guys, we talked that this isn't the only thing that you use.
2:56:38
And a lot of times, even when you're saying the deployments, they typically happen after a shooting.
Michael LiPetri
2:56:42
But but ma'am, that's it's it's really not a fair question.
Althea V. Stevens
2:56:47
I didn't ask the question though.
Michael LiPetri
2:56:48
No.
2:56:48
But but policing is Well, no.
2:56:50
It's never one part of it's there's never one part of it.
2:56:53
There's But
Althea V. Stevens
2:56:54
I didn't ask the question.
2:56:54
I made a statement.
Michael LiPetri
2:56:55
There never will be one part of policing at any time.
2:56:59
It's Look.
Althea V. Stevens
2:56:59
It's And I hear you.
2:57:00
It's a moot.
2:57:01
What I'm telling you is I believe that you guys could be much more creative because the way this is set up, it seems like racial profiling.
2:57:06
You're gonna say that's not what you're doing Absolutely.
2:57:08
But the breakdown of it, it comes off as racial profiling.
2:57:11
Absolutely.
2:57:11
And so for me, it's a hard stop.
2:57:12
But I do wanna ask the
Michael LiPetri
2:57:13
actual question.
Althea V. Stevens
2:57:13
Precision.
2:57:14
Precision.
2:57:14
We can't just use no.
2:57:16
We're not just gonna use language.
Michael LiPetri
2:57:17
It it is.
Althea V. Stevens
2:57:18
Because to just say it's precision, that's a problem for me.
Michael LiPetri
2:57:20
It's a fact.