Int. No. 1145
By Council Members Lee and Farías
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to an annual audit on domestic incident reports
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 803 of chapter 34 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision j to read as follows:
j. No later than 180 days after the enactment of the local law that added this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall complete an audit of and submit a report to the council on domestic incident reports completed by the New York city police department. Such report shall include, at minimum:
1. The total number of domestic incident reports completed, disaggregated by borough, council district, and police precinct;
2. The percentage of domestic incident reports submitted with every mandatory field completed;
3. The fields most commonly left blank on domestic incident reports, and whether such fields are mandatory;
4. The percentage of domestic incident reports indicating that hotline numbers, victim rights notices, or service referrals were provided to victims;
5. The percentage of domestic incident reports submitted within 24 hours of the underlying incident;
6. The percentage of domestic incident reports indicating the registry for orders of protection was checked;
7. The percentage of domestic incident reports indicating an order of protection was in effect, disaggregated by form response, such as yes, no, refrain, or stay away; and
8. Recommendations regarding improving the New York police department’s use of domestic incident reports and compliance with state law relating to such reports.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LSR #23913 / #25310
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