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CCRB's racial profiling and bias-based policing units staffing and budget
3:49:24
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Council Member Salaam asks about the staffing and budget for CCRB's racial profiling and bias-based policing units.
- 20 staff currently in the racial profiling unit, including managers, investigators, and data analysts
- CCRB needs 100 more investigators total, including 40 for the racial profiling unit
- Racial profiling investigations use data analysis to compare subject officers with their cohorts
Yusef Salaam
3:49:24
CCRB fiscal twenty twenty six budget headcount is two forty seven positions which exceeds the charter mandate headcount set as a percentage of the NYPD's uniform headcount.
3:49:37
The CCRB's head count formula set forth in the charter was established before the creation of the CCRB's racial profiling and bias based policing units.
3:49:52
What is the current what is the budget and current staffing levels in the racial profiling and bias based policing units?
Jonathan Darche
3:50:08
So we have 20 staff in our racial profiling unit.
3:50:12
That includes managers, investigators and data analysts.
3:50:19
One of the unique things about racial profiling investigations is how we use data from the subject officers of the complaints and the similarly situated officers in their cohort to determine if there is evidence of profiling once certain factors are met.
Yusef Salaam
3:50:48
What do you consider to be the appropriate level of staffing needs to properly handle investigations within these units?
Jonathan Darche
3:51:01
So we need a hundred more investigators.
3:51:05
That would be 60 for general investigations and 40 more for the racial profiling unit.