Mayor Brown ‘open to’ police discipline database pushed by reformers, N.Y.C. mayor

Buffalo Mayor Byron W.

Brown has pledged transparency when it comes to police reform, but the mayor of New York City has already gone much farther, announcing that he will create a public, online database of police disciplinary records.

NAMES OF THE VICTIMAND SUSPECT HAVENOT BEEN RELEASED.MEANTIME TONIGHT --NEW YORK CITY --MAKING A BOLD MOVE.MAYOR BILL DEBLASIOANNOUNCING THEYWILL CREATE AMASSIVE PUBLICDATABASECONTAINING N-Y-P-DDISCIPLINARYRECORDS.THE QUESTION NOWHERE AT HOME -- WILLBUFFALO FOLLOWSUIT?I-TEAM CHIEFINVESTIGATORCHARLIE SPECHT -WORKING THIS STORYTONIGHT.MAYOR BROWN/JUNE10:OUR REFORM AGENDAWILL MAKEBUFFALO POLICEDEPARTMENT'SPRACTICES ANDPOLICIES MORETRANSPARENT ANDAVAILABLE TO THEGENERAL PUBLIC.MAYOR BYRONBROWN HAS PLEDGEDTRANSPARENCY WHENIT COMES TO POLICEREFORM.BUT THE MAYOR OFNEW YORK CITY HASALREADY GONE MUCHFURTHER,ANNOUNCINGWEDNESDAY THAT HEWILL CREATE A PUBLIC,ONLINE DATABASE OFPOLICE DISCIPLINARYRECORDS FOR EVERYSWORN OFFICER INTHE NYPD.DE'JON HALLWHAT MAYORDEBLASIO HAS DONE ISINCREASEDTRANSPARENCY FORTHE RESIDENTS OF HISCITY.

IT'S SOMETHINGTHAT WE THINKSHOULD HAPPEN HEREIN BUFFALO AS WELL.DE'JON HALL IS AMEMBER OF THEBUFFALO POLICEADVISORY BOARD.

HISGROUP SUPPORTSTHE IDEA BECAUSE ITMEANS CITIZENSWOULD NOT HAVE TOFILE FREEDOM OFINFORMATIONREQUESTS WITH THECITY...WHICH OFTENTAKE MONTHS.DE'JON HALL:CREATING SOMETHINGTHAT'S USER-FRIENDLYAND EASY FOREVERYONE TO USE ISTHE BEST WAY TOENSURETRANSPARENCY.WE ASKED MAYORBROWN WHETHER HEWOULD ALSO POST ADATABASE OFDISCIPLINARYMEASURES AND THERESULTS OF INTERNALTRIALS.SPECHT:IS THAT SOMETHINGTHAT YOU WOULDCOMMIT TO DOINGHERE IN BUFFALO?

DOYOU THINK THAT'S AGOOD IDEA?BROWN:NO ONE HAS CALLEDFOR IT AT THIS POINT,BUT WE'RE CERTAINLYOPEN TO IT.

WE'RELISTENING TO ALL OFTHE IDEAS THATMEMBERS OF THECOMMUNITY AREBRINGING FORWARDRIGHT NOW.

IT SOUNDSLIKE IT COULD BE AVERY GOOD IDEA SOTHAT THATINFORMATION DOESNOT HAVE TO BEFOILED.

IT WOULD BESOMETHING THAT OURLAW DEPARTMENTWOULD HAVE TO LOOKAT, BUT I'M CERTAINLYVERY OPEN TO IT.DE'JON HALL:I THINK IT WOULD HAVEBEEN GREAT TO HEARTHAT MAYOR SAY THATIT'S SOMETHING HEWILL PROACTIVELY DOWITHOUT THE PUBLICCALLING FOR IT.

I THINKTHAT WOULD BE AGREAT SIGN OFLEADERSHIP INSHOWING THAT HEREALLY HEARS THEPEOPLE WHEN THEYSAY THEY WANTTRANSPARENCY.ORLANDO DICKSON,ALSO A MEMBER OFTHE POLICE ADVISORYBOARD, WASN'TLEAVING ANYTHING TOCHANCE.ORLANDO DICKSON:SO UNEQUIVOCALLY,THE POLICE ADVISORYBOARD REQUESTSTHAT MAYOR BROWNENACTS THESE EXACTTHINGS THAT MAYORDEBLASIO IS ENACTING.THIS IS ON TAGENDA BECAUSE INTHE WAKE OFGEORGE FLOYD'SALLEGED MURDER,GOVERNOR ANDREWCUOMO THIS MONTHSIGNED THE REPEALOF CIVIL RIGHTS LAW50-A, WHICHPREVIOUSLY KEPT ALLPOLICE PERSONNELRECORDS SECRET.BROWN'S LAWDEPARTMENT HASFOUGHT THE RELEASEOF CONTROVERSIALPOLICE RECORDSBEFORE...LIKE THIS2016 BEATING OF ANINMATE.

WE HAD TOSUE THE CITY BEFORETHEY RELEASED IT.SPECHT:HOW TRANSPARENT ISYOUR ADMINISTRATIONAND YOUR LAWDEPARTMENT GOI