CM Cabán presses on reporting of unconstitutional stops
Cabán asks whether NYPD reports unconstitutional stops the same way as crime statistics. Gerber says the monitor publishes regular reports with stop data, but Cabán presses for a direct yes or no on whether NYPD itself reports unconstitutional stops publicly.
I want to also address recidivism.
I mean, the idea that you're not targeting homeless people for being recidivists when the place that they sleep is on the train and therefore they would likely be recidivists.
Again, I just...
I don't understand or don't buy the reasoning behind that.
But I do want to ask you, and I ask you now, Councilmember Nurse asked about the constitutional stops.
No, they're not crimes.
but they're violations of our constitutional rights.
Are those constitutional stops reported, unconstitutional stops reported in the same way that crime statistics are reported?
Do you report on unconstitutional stops?
So I'm not sure I totally understand the question, but...
Do you report on unconstitutional stops?
You're saying that 90% of stops are good, but are you reporting when unconstitutional stops are made the same way you report when a crime is recorded?
Do you report unconstitutional stops?
So what you actually have, right, as you know, is the monitor puts out regular reports that has all sorts of data broken down in various ways about unconstitutional stops identified, frankly identified, not only by the monitor.
No, the monitor.
Does NYPD.
Council member.
It's a yes or no.
Does NYPD.
Report in the same way they do crime statistics, unconstitutional stops.
What we do, right, is we actually have an incredibly extensive auditing system to catch bad stops for instant searches, which the monitors reports,
as you know, which as you know, the monitor says, as you know, the monitor has said repeatedly, those are very much in line with the monitor analyses, and that is actually included in regular reports to the public from the monitor.
We'll give both of you extra time.
So, yeah, if you're going to ask the question.
It would be nice just to get direct answers to my questions.
Now,