Mayor's Management Report
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Table of Contents The City of New York Mayor’s Management Report Fiscal 2001 Volume I – Agency Narratives RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI MAYOR JOSEPH J. LHOTA DEPUTY MAYOR FOR OPERATIONS MICHAEL T. CARPINELLO DIRECTOR, MAYOR’S OFFICE OF OPERATIONS P OLICE D EPARTMENT The Police Department’s mission is to reduce crime, disorder and the fear that these problems generate throughout the City. The Department protects lives and property; responds to emergency calls, especially to crimes in progress; investigates reported crimes; apprehends violators; and deals with conditions that affect the quality of life in the City. The Department also responds promptly to emergencies and disasters; keeps order at public events, demonstrations and civil disturbances; intervenes in family disputes; refers people in distress to appropriate social service agencies; hires, trains and supervises City School Safety Agents; and works in partnership with communities to achieve crime prevention. The Department is committed to its mission to protect the lives and property of the citizens of New York City; to improve its relations with all communities within the City and to treat every citizen with courtesy, professionalism and respect; to enforce the laws impartially, fighting crime both by deterring it and by aggressively pursuing perpetrators. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Goal: Enhance public safety through targeted anticrime strategies. Objective Reduce further the occurrence of major felony crimes: murder, rape, robbery, burglary, felonious assault, grand larceny and grand larceny motor vehicle. Reduce the number of shooting victims and shooting incidents. Expand efforts to deter domestic violence, with special emphasis on child abuse, through more intensive investigation, continued contact with victims and review of Domestic Incident reports. Goal: Reduce illegal drug activity in City neighborhoods and schools through focused enforcement. Objective Increase enforcement against felony and misdemeanor drug crimes and quality-of-life offenses. Increase collaborative efforts with federal, State and other City agencies to combat drug gangs. Increase use of civil remedies to reduce narcotics transactions inside private buildings. Goal: Implement the Department’s strategy to reduce the number of traffic accidents, injuries and deaths, and make the City’s neighborhoods safer, cleaner and quieter. Objective Reduce the number of quality-of-life violations, including prostitution, graffiti, illegal peddling, aggressive panhandling, unreasonable noise, illegal adult-use businesses, illegal public drinking and the sale of alcohol to minors. Focus enforcement on the most hazardous traffic violations, such as speeding, drunk driving, street drag racing and aggressive driving. Reduce fatalities to motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. Continue development and implementation of traffic strategies and enforcement initiatives to improve traffic flow and traffic safety in all five boroughs. Improve compliance with taxi regulations. 3 P OLICE D EPARTMENT Goal: Decrease illegal gang activity and improve gang intelligence. Objective Streamline the investigation and intelligence sharing of gang members and gang activity. Target illegal gang activity, and dismantle drug gangs and organized criminal enterprises. Reduce youth crime by increased attention to juvenile offenses and gang enforcement. Goal: Enhance safety and reduce crime in City schools. Objective Expand efforts to reduce the occurrence of truancy. Implement a comprehensive training program for School Safety Agents. Coordinate school safety activities between the Department and the Board of Education. Implement a youth-at-risk strategy to address youth crime, weapons possession and gang activity in and around schools. Develop and maintain accurate statistical data on school crime and other school security incidents. HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS CRIME · In Calendar 2000, the most recent period for which FBI data is available, the City’s Total FBI Index Crime Rate per 100,000 of population continued its declining trend, decreasing 4.7 percent from 4,070.9 crimes per 100,000 during Calendar 1999 to 3,881.5 per 100,000 in Calendar 2000. · Comparing total FBI index crime rates for each city per 100,000 of population and listed in descending order, New York ranked 163rd out of the 215 U.S. cities with a population over 100,000 reporting preliminary data to the FBI during Calendar 2000. In Calendar 1993, New York ranked 88th out of 182 cities. New York ranked 165th out of 217 U.S. cities during Calendar 1999. New York is the safest U.S. city with a population over 1 million. FISCAL YEAR COMPSTAT CRIME COMPARISONS · As reported in COMPSTAT preliminary statistics, which reflect State Penal Law Offenses, the total number of crime complaints for the seven major felonies reported in Fiscal 2001 to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) declined by 7.7 percent compared to Fiscal 2000 and declined 57.6 percent compared to Fiscal 1994. · Based on preliminary statistics, murder decreased by 6.7 percent from Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001; murder decreased 66.1 percent from Fiscal 1994 to Fiscal 2001. · Crimes against persons fell by 8.4 percent from Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001 and 54.8 percent from Fiscal 1994 to Fiscal 2001. Crimes against property declined by 7.4 percent from Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001 and 58.8 percent from Fiscal 1994 to Fiscal 2001. · From Fiscal 1994 to Fiscal 2001, major declines were also recorded in incidents of: – grand larceny motor vehicle, which fell by 68.7 percent; – burglary, which fell by 64.2 percent; 4 P OLICE D EPARTMENT – robbery, which fell by 63.2 percent; – grand larceny, which fell by 39.7 percent; – felonious assault, which fell by 38.2 percent; – forcible rape, which fell by 36.7 percent. · NYPD preliminary estimates for total narcotics arrests indicate a 10.5 percent decrease in Fiscal 2001 compared to Fiscal 2000, and a 90 percent increase compared to Fiscal 1993. Felony narcotics arrests decreased 7.9 percent in Fiscal 2001 compared to Fiscal 2000, and decreased 8.9 percent compared to Fiscal 1993. Misdemeanor narcotics arrests decreased 11.8 percent in Fiscal 2001 compared to Fiscal 2000, and increased 248 percent compared to Fiscal 1993. In Fiscal 2001 arrests for narcotics violations increased 8.3 percent compared to Fiscal 2000, and increased 620 percent compared to Fiscal 1993. · The City’s housing developments have seen significant overall reductions in crime, reflecting the merger of the Housing Police with NYPD in May 1995 and the increasing use of closed-circuit television cameras. Reports of major felony complaints in housing developments dropped 6.7 percent from Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001 and 46.8 percent from Fiscal 1995 to Fiscal 2001. From Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001 reports of murder increased by 19.2 percent. Reports of forcible rape in housing developments decreased by 13.8 percent, burglary decreased by 12.4 percent, robbery decreased by 8.6 percent, felonious assault decreased by 4.2 percent, grand larceny decreased by 5.9 percent and grand larceny motor vehicle decreased by 5.7 percent. – In Fiscal 2001 reductions in major felony crime in housing developments decreased 6.7 percent; major felony crime citywide decreased 7.7 percent during the same period. · Reports of major felonies in the transit system decreased 6.2 percent from Fiscal 2000 to Fiscal 2001. During the same period reports of murder occurring in the transit system decreased from two murders to one murder. Reports of forcible rape in the transit system remained the same with four in Fiscal 2000 and four in Fiscal 2001; burglary increased by 78.6 percent (from 14 in Fiscal 2000 to 25 in Fiscal 2001); grand larceny decreased by 0.7 percent; felonious assault decreased by 17.5 percent; and robbery decreased by 12.7 percent. ENFORCEMENT Narcotics Initiative · The Northern Manhattan Initiative (NMI), which began in Fiscal 1997, pioneered the concept of concentrating anti-drug efforts in precincts that have severe narcotics problems. As of Fiscal 2001 there were narcotics initiatives in 37 precincts: eight in the Bronx, 15 in Brooklyn, seven in Manhattan, six in Queens and one in Staten Island. Each initiative targets all available police resources to eliminate the drug problem from its precinct. – In Fiscal 2001 officers assigned to the Central Bronx Initiative made 6,366 drug arrests, and executed 158 search warrants. – In Fiscal 2001 officers assigned to the East Harlem Initiative made 3,411 drug arrests, and executed 93 search warrants. – In Fiscal 2001 officers assigned to the Northwest Queens Initiative made 3,089 drug arrests, and executed 138 search warrants. 5 P OLICE D EPARTMENT – During Fiscal 2001 officers assigned to the Brooklyn South Initiative made 2,280 drug arrests, and executed 87 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 officers assigned to the Northern Manhattan Initiative made 8,181 drug arrests, and executed 212 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 the Brooklyn North Initiative made 15,863 drug arrests, and executed 613 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 the South Bronx Initiative made 4,819 drug arrests, and executed 233 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 the Southeast Queens Initiative made 4,944 drug arrests, and executed 201 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 the Central Harlem Initiative made 3,499 drug arrests, and executed 217 search warrants. – During Fiscal 2001 the Staten Island Initiative made 2,802 arrests, and executed 97 search warrants. · The Department’s intense focus on narcotics trafficking has forced drug dealers to adopt new tactics, such as finding less visible and more remote locations to conduct their activities. This recent shift in tactics has increased the need for more complex and lengthy investigations and is reflected in lower felony arrest numbers in the Department. · During the reporting period NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) Narcotics Division deployed 2,999 investigators and supervisors to conduct drug enforcement activities throughout the City, compared to 3,501 in Fiscal 2000, a 14.3 percent decrease. · During Fiscal 2001 the Narcotics Division of OCCB made 86,437, or 71 percent, of the City’s estimated 122,253 drug arrests.