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Statistics on DNA sample collection methods
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Deputy Commissioner Gerber provides statistics on DNA sample collection methods for 2024, covering all suspects (not just juveniles).
- 2,751 abandonment samples were collected
- 952 samples were obtained through court orders
- 244 samples were collected through consent
- Gerber clarifies that these numbers represent collection from suspects, not victims
- He emphasizes that only a fraction of these samples end up in the local database
Yusef Salaam
0:47:29
Does the NYPD have statistics on how often DNA samples are collected from suspects by obtaining a judicial warrant and how many DNA profiles have been obtained via an individual consenting to provide a sample And how many have been obtained via the NYPD surreptitiously collecting a sample?
Michael Gerber
0:47:49
Right.
0:47:50
So we we do have data on that.
0:47:51
Let me give you the data for for 2024.
0:47:55
And this is not juveniles.
0:47:56
This is just citywide everybody.
0:47:59
Twenty twenty four, we collected 2,751 abandonment samples.
0:48:06
We had 952 court ordered samples, and then 244 consent samples.
0:48:14
Now these are all suspect situations, should add.
0:48:16
So sometimes we have what's called exclusion samples.
0:48:19
That's different.
0:48:21
Obviously, we're not we're not including here samples taken from victims.
0:48:24
That's very, very different, of course.
0:48:27
And I I do wanna be clear, these numbers, this is not all going in the database.
0:48:31
Definitely not.
0:48:32
Only a fraction of this will actually end up in the local database, but those are the numbers in terms of, you know, collection from suspects.