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Statistics on non-consensual DNA samples collected from minors
1:05:29
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Council Member Diana I. Ayala requests specific statistics on non-consensual DNA samples collected from minors in 2024. NYPD officials provide the requested information and context about these samples.
- NYPD confirms that 174 non-consensual DNA samples were collected from minors in 2024
- This number represents 6% of all abandonment samples taken that year
- Officials emphasize that 99% of these samples are connected to felony arrests
Diana I. Ayala
1:05:29
Do you know how many of the 174 nonconsensual DNA samples that were collected in '24 were for minors?
Michael Gerber
1:05:36
Were from?
Diana I. Ayala
1:05:37
For minors.
Michael Gerber
1:05:38
Yeah.
1:05:39
We have that.
Michael LiPetri
1:05:39
That is the minor number.
1:05:41
So
Diana I. Ayala
1:05:41
Those are all minors?
1:05:42
The 174?
Michael LiPetri
1:05:43
A 74 under the age of 18.
1:05:45
Yes.
Diana I. Ayala
1:05:48
Okay.
1:05:49
So
Michael LiPetri
1:05:51
That's six percent of all the abandonment samples taken in 2024.
Diana I. Ayala
1:05:55
Okay.
1:05:56
But all the parents for those one hundred and seventy four were called?
Michael LiPetri
1:06:03
It it is I think the commissioner spoke about it a couple of times.
1:06:07
It is mandated through NYPD policy and state law that we have a documented attempt, multiple attempts to get in contact with a parent or legal guardian of a juvenile arrested under the age of 18.