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New York City Gang Database Increases 70 Percent Since 2014

Loaded on Aug. 16, 2018 by Derek Gilna published in Criminal Legal News September, 2018, page 15
Filed under: Classification, Gang Policies, Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends, Databases, Racial Profiling. Location: New York.

by Derek Gilna

Concerns are being raised about a 70 percent increase in the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) gang database revealed in a recent public records request by CUNY School of Law professor Babe Howell. Since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014, the NYPD has added ...

 

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