NYC-WTC_000195490

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEW YORK CITY FELONY & MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS Calendar Year 1984-2000 400 --------------- ----- B Misdemeanor I 350

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The average daily inmate population (ADP) has decreased recently. From 2000 through March 2001 the ADP fell by 7 percent, from 15,531 to 14,489. The decrease in ADP is primarily attributed to decreases in state i'i contract inmates, pretrial detainees and parole violators. The average length of stay for parole violators decreased by 15.7 percent during this period, from 70 days in 2000 to 59 days through March 2001. March year-to-date jail admissions declined by 4 percent, from 93,530 in 2000 to 89,925 in 2001. J i ' Productivity Initiatives f

r CITY-WIDE DRUG INITIATIVE f A central focus ofthe City’s strategy to fight crime has been to aggressively pursue illegal drug activity. Since 1996, the Police Department’s Narcotics Division has employed drug initiatives, which focus narcotics enforcement through a command center and coordinates uniform, undercover and detective components. In If January 2000, the Police Department began an aggressive initiative to enhance the Citywide Drug Initiative and increase its anti-drug policing activity. Known as Operation Condor, the NYPD initially deployed 100 daily III additional narcotics modules on the street regularly on officers’ scheduled days off. The effects were swift and substantial, as felony arrests soared and crime declined. The program has since been modified to include quality of life enforcement. Si ' TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CCRB

In January 2001, the Mayor and Police Commissioner announced a plan to transfer certain prosecutorial responsibilities from the Police Department to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). Under this plan, the CCRB will assume the duties of prosecuting police officers with substantiated cases of police abuse before Administrative Law Judges at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). Currently, the CCRB

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