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NYPD addresses impact of limited tow pound space on enforcement
1:37:44
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Council Member Salaam questions how often limited tow pound space prevents officers from towing illegally parked or improperly licensed vehicles. Josh Levin from NYPD provides a response addressing the complexities of this issue.
- Levin explains that it's difficult to quantify how often limited space directly prevents towing, as multiple factors can influence towing decisions.
- He mentions that the current tow lots have a capacity of approximately 1,200 vehicles, with about 90% of towed vehicles being picked up.
- Levin emphasizes the constant turnover of vehicles in the tow lots and the challenges in attributing non-towing specifically to space limitations.
Yusef Salaam
1:37:44
How often does limited tow pound space prevent officers from towing illegally parked vehicles or vehicles without proper licenses or registration?
Josh Levin
1:37:58
I think it's tough to answer a negative like that.
1:38:01
I don't know.
1:38:02
There could be many factors why a car doesn't get towed.
1:38:04
It's there's human error theoretically.
1:38:07
A traffic enforcement agent misentered in a license plate or typed in something wrong.
1:38:13
I don't know.
1:38:14
What I can say is we're talking about 1,200 approximate capacity with our tow lots and 90% are picked up.
1:38:23
So there's a large amount of cars that are coming in, coming out nonstop.
1:38:27
I I don't know.
1:38:27
I don't I'm not quite sure we can answer that.
Yusef Salaam
1:38:31
I'm a pass it to councilman Beholden for a second round.