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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Release #262-01

Contact: Sunny Mindel / Matthew Higgins (212) 788-2958


MAYOR GIULIANI AND POLICE COMMISSIONER KERIK ANNOUNCE
SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE RELEASE OF
CRIME STATISTICS AND OTHER DATA

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik today announced support for City Council legislation that would require the quarterly release of various crime-related data. The Police Department already publishes on the City's website extensive crime statistics on a regular basis. The NYPD reporting bill would require this and future administrations to make public the information already available on the net in addition to other data regarding the operations and performance of the Police Department. The legislation requires the Police to report such data as headcount, crime statistics, stop and frisk incidents and training materials and procedures.

"This legislation builds upon and memorializes our efforts to make government more accessible, accountable and transparent," the Mayor said. "The data the Police Department will now release on a quarterly basis will complement the information already available on the City's website. This ensures that New Yorkers will always be able to judge for themselves the level of crime in their neighborhoods and what each precinct is doing to address it. I want to commend Speaker Vallone for working with my office and the Police Department to develop this important and sensible legislation."

Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik said, "When I became police commissioner, the Mayor and I set three priorities for the NYPD: continue the reduction in crime, improve community relations and improve police officers' morale. As part of improving community relations, we took one step in posting pertinent NYPD data on the web, which helps educate the public on what we do and why we do it. With Mayor Giuliani and Speaker Vallone, we have taken another step in requiring a quarterly release of this data. In making this data available on a regular basis it allows the NYPD to be more accessible and accountable to the public."

City Council Speaker Peter Vallone said, "In the wake of the trial verdict in the shooting of Amadou Diallo, the Council held eight community forums throughout the City to open dialogue between residents and the police. What we learned was that by creating an open police department, we can effectively address community concerns regarding the police department. I believe that Mayor Giuliani and Commissioner Kerik are on the right track and I look forward to continuing our partnership."

Examples of the data the bill requires to be released on a quarterly basis include the following (with exceptions for confidential information):



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