To the Editor:
Re “Why Was a Grim Report on Police-Involved Deaths Never Released?,” by Mara Gay (Opinion, nytimes.com, June 19):
The online summary with the article says, “A review shows that the number of people killed by police activity in New York is more than twice what has been reported.”
Ms. Gay suggests that the New York Police Department refused to take part in a worthy initiative to improve reporting and even had a hand in shielding information from the public. We disagree.
The Department of Health identified flaws in its data management. The N.Y.P.D. subsequently agreed to share five years of data with the department and offered recommendations to address its tracking issues. The agreement gave the Health Department full authority over the content of its planned report.
Despite having years to do so, the Health Department never shared a report with the N.Y.P.D. It never released a report to the public. As you note, the N.Y.P.D. ended the agreement in January 2019. This was under the former police commissioner.
The N.Y.P.D. has led the country with transparency about officers’ use of force. Since 2016, we have released a comprehensive report that includes all data we shared with the Health Department. This same information is publicly available on our website.
The Health Department should cure its flaws in data-keeping. It should make any report public. The N.Y.P.D. supports the City Council’s subpoena for just that.
The N.Y.P.D. will continue to share data toward this mission.
Benjamin B. Tucker
New York
The writer is the N.Y.P.D.’s first deputy commissioner.
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