The City Council is set to introduce legislation today that seeks greater transparency in the NYPD’s school-safety program – as well as stronger oversight.
The bill would force police and school officials to provide the council with periodic reports on arrests and suspensions – including a breakdown by students’ race, sex and disability status.
It would also allow the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which handles complaints against cops, to review similar grievances against school-safety agents.
“This is not an issue of asking them to do more work – just to share the information with the public that they already have,” said Udi Ofer, advocacy director for the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The fight against alleged over-policing of schools has grown in response to recent incidents – such as the handcuffing of a 5-year-old Queens special-education student this year.
Education officials declined to comment, and the NYPD did not answer a request for comment.