Hanks questions Tisch on Office of Community Safety
Councilmember Hanks asks about the Office of Community Safety and whether NYPD has identified programs or gaps for partnership. Tisch says no programs are shifting and highlights the mental health crisis as an area for potential OCS collaboration.
Okay, so we're going to resume with Councilmember Hanks and then Councilmember Brooks-Powers.
Thank you, Chair.
It's good to see everyone.
Commissioner Tisch.
So I'd just like to circle back to the Office of Community Safety.
And just for the record, can we kind of...
Whatever you know, I give a list of existing programs under OCS if there is.
I do not have that list.
You don't have the list, okay.
So as a holistic structure, it's still quite vague what this is.
Does NYPD have any idea of what they would want to partner with or need support with or any gaps that would help define this OCS?
As I mentioned, we do a tremendous amount of work with a lot of the offices that have been moved under OCS.
The Office to End Gender-Based Violence is a shining example of that partnership, and that work continues.
Look, I think the mental health crisis in New York City is definitely an issue that affects the New York City Police Department profoundly.
And so I would look forward to working with the Office of Community Safety to understand ideas that they have for addressing it.
Thank you so much.