Section 14-149. Police 911 operational time analysis report  


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  • a. Definitions.
      For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall  be  defined
      as follows:
        (i) "Call" shall mean a telephone call to the 911 emergency assistance
      system.
        (ii) "Incident" shall mean an event which results in the response of a
      police  unit  as  a  result  of  a  call to the 911 emergency assistance
      system, regardless of the number of calls  made  with  respect  to  such
      incident.
        (iii)  "Police  unit"  shall  mean  a  radio motor patrol unit, patrol
      officer or other police department personnel.
        (iv) "Dispatch time" shall mean the interval of time between the  time
      the  information  received by the 911 telephone operator is entered into
      the 911 emergency assistance system and the assignment of a police  unit
      to the scene of the incident.
        (v)  "Travel  time"  shall  mean  the  interval  of  time  between the
      assignment of a police unit and the arrival of the first police unit  at
      the scene of the incident.
        (vi)  "Response  time"  shall mean the sum of dispatch time and travel
      time.
        (vii) "Disposition" shall mean a  police  unit's  report  to  the  911
      emergency  assistance  system  on its response to an assignment that has
      resulted from a call or incident.
        b. The New York city  police  department  shall  submit  to  the  city
      council  an  operational  time  analysis report summarizing departmental
      performance with respect  to  calls  to  the  911  emergency  assistance
      system. Such report shall include the following information:
        1. The aggregate number of calls on a citywide and borough-wide basis.
        2. The aggregate number of incidents.
        3. The aggregate number of incidents where the dispatcher has received
      a disposition from a police unit.
        4.  The aggregate number of incidents involving a report of a crime in
      progress.
        5. The aggregate number of incidents involving a report of a crime  in
      progress resulting in the dispatch of a police unit where the dispatcher
      received  confirmation  of  a  police unit's arrival at the scene of the
      incident.
        6. The average dispatch time, travel time and response  time  for  all
      police  units  responding  to incidents involving a report of a crime in
      progress.
        7. The aggregate number of incidents involving a report of a crime  in
      progress in each of the following categories:
        (i) those for which response time was no greater than ten minutes;
        (ii) those for which response time was greater than ten minutes but no
      more than twenty minutes;
        (iii)  those  for  which response time was greater than twenty minutes
      but no more than thirty minutes;
        (iv) those for which response time was greater than thirty minutes but
      no more than one hour; and
        (v) those for which response time was greater than one hour.
        c. The data contained in the  911  operational  time  analysis  report
      required  by  paragraphs  two  through  seven  of  subdivision b of this
      section   shall   be   provided    on    a    citywide,    borough-wide,
      precinct-by-precinct  and  tour-by-tour  basis. The 911 operational time
      analysis  report  shall  be  submitted  to  the  council  quarterly.  In
      addition, the data contained in such report shall be incorporated in the
      mayor's  preliminary  and  final management reports. Notwithstanding any
      other provision of law, the operational time analysis report required by
    
      subdivision b to be submitted to the  council  is  not  required  to  be
      transmitted  in  electronic  format  to  the  department  of records and
      information services, or its successor agency, and is not required to be
      made available to the public on or through the department of records and
      information services' web site, or its successor's web site.