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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Proposed new units to address emerging crime trends
4:47:08
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61 sec
DA McMahon outlines plans to create new specialized units within his office to address emerging crime trends and specific challenges in Staten Island.
- Proposal for an intimate partner sexual assault unit within the domestic violence bureau to address the rise in rape cases
- Plans to create a cybercrime unit to combat the increasing prevalence of scams and online fraud
- Intention to establish a hate crimes unit to address the rise in hate crimes across the city
Michael McMahon
4:47:08
With that said, I will just highlight briefly of the things that we've submitted in our testimony more thoroughly, for a consideration in the budget.
4:47:19
We would like to create an intimate partner sexual assault unit within our domestic violence bureau to address the rise in rapes rape cases and the traumatic impact of these cases.
4:47:31
As I said last year, only one category of crime had increased on Staten Island, that was rape.
4:47:36
We'd like to create a unit that sensitive and skilled in preventing, handling those cases, prosecuting when appropriate, and helping the victims.
4:47:47
Cybercrime, as you know, scams have become a big issue.
4:47:50
We'd like to create a unit in our team to devote to work on that as well.
4:47:54
Just today, I received a text from someone who was scammed out of $200,000 and there are so many New Yorkers who need help in this regard.
4:48:03
We'd like to create a hate crimes unit within our office as we know that hate crimes are up dramatically across the city.