#HappeningNow: @NYPDDetectives testifies in front of City Council.
"We work diligently to ensure that we do not accidentally ensnare innocent people into the database. "pic.twitter.com/GIcr8UO5K4
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"The average person in the database has been arrested 11 times, 5 of which are for felonies. Our gang members are responsible for the murders of over 500 people & have been arrested for nearly 18K robberies. This year, they have been arrested for approximately 2,600 felonies."
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"We also understand the sensitivities around including juveniles in the database‒but this concern is misplaced. The average age for a person in the database is 27 years, while less than 2.5% of the people in the database are under the age of 18."
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"The NYPD routinely expunges names from the database ...A database that contained 34,000 names five years ago has been cut almost in half to about 17,500." -
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“The NYPD builds cases against criminal gang members. Gang arrests are preceded by meticulous investigations...These arrests were a major reason why, over the past two years, shootings fell to the lowest level on record.” -
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