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Joseph asks about crisis intervention training and school metal detectors

New York City Council · Jun 1, 2026 · starts 2:02:26 · 1 min 47 sec

Joseph asks about crisis intervention team training numbers. Staff report approximately 3,384 personnel trained in de-escalation and restorative justice. Joseph also raises concerns about broken metal detectors causing student delays, and Tisch announces 40 new scanners have been ordered.

Rita C. Joseph

Okay, in your crisis intervention team training, the numbers I was for uniform members in communication skills, de-escalation, and behavior and restorative justice, of course.

Unidentified speaker

So we have approximately...

Unidentified speaker

3,384 personnel trained.

Rita C. Joseph

In de-escalation, restorative justice.

Rita C. Joseph

We received a couple of calls around your metal detectors are not working at schools and students are being late.

Rita C. Joseph

How are you addressing that?

Unidentified speaker

So we know of three incidents that occurred this year thus far.

Unidentified speaker

The school safety executive leadership responded and spoke to all three principals.

Unidentified speaker

We have now have a in-house training of our agents to help mitigate if a scanner breaks within 30 minutes, we have agents

Unidentified speaker

rectifying the issue and as well as now there's a direct notification and investigation done once we are aware that a school is late because of scanning issues or personnel.

Jessica Tisch

Based on the feedback that you've given me about this specific thing in the past, I am pleased to tell you that we have ordered 40 new scanners

Jessica Tisch

to replace some of the old equipment that we have because it is not acceptable to be late for a school because of scanning.

Unidentified speaker

And we received 10 of those scanners on Friday, last Friday.

Rita C. Joseph

Okay, good.

Rita C. Joseph

And what's the timeline to put them in place for them, or are they already in place?

Unidentified speaker

We're working on that now with a deal we're working with Mark and our executives and school safety to procure where exactly they're going to go or replace.

Rita C. Joseph

This council had passed the bill for 988 to be in New York City public schools.