CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD fies. Too STREET 1 Jt'h FLo-oa '3 (f New sons. HEW "roan-r incur a WE are pewter-I1: Wigs: s? EIILL DE BLAEICI oavls lint'??t CHAIR: To: Senior Staff From: l[llas [Tardy-annis. IJeputy [Shiel?ol?t-Ipeeial tlperatirais lJane Buchanan. lJeptuy Chiet?ol" Date: June Ed. Ell-El] Re: Landscape its prime 2d. EUEU. the has not provided any responses to 113? requests for Body ?ili-?om ?nilage alleleting IDEE complaints against MUH- in the CUR-H's jurisdii-?tiurt {see the enclosed spreadsheet for details}. At least 40% of these requests are over *l'tll days old. {hi June 3.. this number lalas Eltll'. In the intervening days- through negotiations with The IEEJ resprinsrai have Ire-en received relating to the mt'Id-il reusnl prulest cases and yet the number of outstanding requests has outstripped the rat: at which the has hrs-en responsive. Iri-ith the number hovering somewhere near The I ll'l?flI intro slay-To-day. ?n Fehrutnj' 21". the issued a regarding the impact ul- Hod-y l['tn'rtera Investigations- declaring that they are al'lrsolutely pivotal to coming to a disposition on the merits For allegations ol'misconducl Il'l'i'?cers. who have ready access and a Patrol t'iuide mandate to he allots-tied to new their own ?ailage Pl'lt'l-T it} any intact-lesser;1 cannot he inten?ietved the investigator being given access to these videos. 'lhe 1withholding of BWC footage stops invesligations and prevents the From providing adequate and meaningful mersight ol'the l. The program. established as a result riFlhe Floyd litigation as a meat-inn: to oversee the police. has at once produced estraordinarily reliable evidence for civilian oversight investigations and has also perversely empowered the H?i?l?tl to control the pace of said investigations- HWC footage ts readily and easily used against members of the public. being immediately electronically linked to an an'csl report for the easier prosecution of civilian crimes. but the situation tor New York City oversight of police has steadily grown worse during The duration ot'a program intended primarilyr to aid oversight. ll.i'i'ltile the pandemic bears some blame her the backlog Investigators have been assiduously 1working Throughout the period and with direct access to the database 1i'Ir'ould have been able to sacoess?-illy retrieve The video relevant to these hundreds of complaints. Instead. in the month of May The:r requested BIN-LT 2 l2 cases and. received 33 responses- lo the event of any other estemal circumstances dial might three New ?r'orlt City government employees to work ?om home i-nueh et't?ne time. including a second 1ar'avc direct access to The l'iI?r'l?El database Iail] be one oi'The only laways the these caper-lensing police misconduct to see tinielyjustioe. 'I'l'te situation is unlmiah-le. The stnaggle for access tun is the struggle For the Future rrfeivilian uversigltl. this era of rightfully increased scrutiny accountability- vre urge the Agency to seiee this moment to do in its to obtain unmedlared direct arts-tress to itmtage- Fags-toil