City Council set to bury NYPD with huge reporting demands for even most minor encounters with New Yorkers: criticsBy Carl Campanile
July 2, 2023
The City Council is preparing to pass a sweeping package of bills that would force the NYPD to file millions of reports on even the most minor encounters with New Yorkers, The Post has learned.
The measures also would mandate cops speedily turn over officers’ body-worn camera recordings to state investigators, and that the department disclose more information about traffic stops and internal operations.
Members of the Council’s Democratic Majority Conference discussed the list of seven proposals impacting the NYPD on June 28, and the bills could be approved at the next public safety committee meeting, and then by the full body.
“New York City’s current policies on access to body worn camera footage have unfortunately fallen short of prioritizing public transparency,” Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said at a public hearing about the bills earlier this year.
Law enforcement advocates, however, warned the rules could overburden officers and impact public safety.
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https://nypost.com/2023/07/02/city-council-set-to-bury-nypd-with-reporting-demands-on-even-most-minor-encounters-with-new-yorkers-critics-say/