Feliz speaks on shots fired data reporting bill
Council Member Feliz explains his bill addresses a gap in NYPD data, which only tracks shootings where someone is struck, not all discharges. He argues shots fired data is essential for a complete picture of gun violence and resource allocation.
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Good afternoon, everyone.
I'm New York City Councilmember Oswald Feliz, proudly representing the Bronx.
and the chair of the Public Safety Committee.
So thankful and grateful that we're passing my shots fired bill today.
Public safety is one of the most important duties of city government.
And it is important that the picture that we provide or the picture that our crime-related data provides, it's important that that picture be full and clear.
Now, and this is especially true on the issue of gun violence.
Now, as we know, the NYPD provides a lot of data related to gun violence, including shooting victims and also shooting incidents.
But the data related to shooting incidents only includes data of shooting incidents when someone is struck.
It doesn't include incidents where there's a shooting, for example, and no one is struck.
These incidents are serious, and lack of data on them has prevented us from being able to see a full and clear picture on the issue of gun violence in the city of New York.
That shot fire data is essential.
Again, it helps us provide a full and clear picture on the issue of gun violence in the city of New York.
It also allows us to be able to better track the progress that we're making on that issue.
And it also helps us be able to determine what parts of the city need additional resources.
So this legislation will help us do exactly that.
By requiring data on shots fired incidents, including data related to the date, location, the borough, the precinct, and the time.
And I just want to thank our wonderful speaker, Julie-Menin, for making this bill and also making public safety in general a top priority.
I also want to thank my co-prime sponsor, Joann-Ariola.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, Councilmember.
It's a very important bill for public safety, so thank you so much for your leadership on that.