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IT IN. >>> HOW DID D.C. POLICE END UP @
NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW?
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RECORD
DATA ABOUT FRISK ENCOUNTE4@RS A
SOMEHOW THEY DID NOT.
NOW AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
TH4@E D.C. MAYOR SHEDS LIGHT ON
THIS INVESTIGATION, STOP AND
FRISK.
FRISK.
FRISK. >>
FRISK. >> Reporter: FOR THE FI4@RST
TIME, 4@CITY LEADERS ADMIT THEY
KNEW RIGHT AWAY THEY HAD
UNDERFUNDED THAT STOP AND FRISK
DATA COLLECTION LAW AND LET
NEARLY TWO YEARS GO BY WITHOUT
DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
MAYOR KEVIN DONAHUE SAYS HIS
OFFICE WASN'T IGNORING THE LAW
WHEN IT LET THE POLICE 4@
DEPARTMENT N4@OT FOLLOW THE LAW
REQUIRING IT TO COLLECT
COMPREHENSIVE DATA ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THEY STOP AND FRISK.
>> WHEN I HAVE A 4@20 PROVISION
ACT, THERE ARE SOME CHOICES WE
HAVE TO MAKE. 4@
>> Reporter: THAT ACT OF 2016
WAS AN OVERHAUL ON THE WAY D.C.
APPROACHES POLICING.
APPROACHES POLICING. IT INCLUDES TITLE 2G, STOP AND
FRISK AND USE DATA COLLECTION.
THAT 4@WOULD INCREASE DATA THEY
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT?
OUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION 4@
UNCOVERED EIGHT OUT OF TEN
PEOPLE STOPPED BY D.C. POLICE
AR4@E BLACK EVEN THOUGH AFRICAN
AMERICANS MAKE UP LESS THAN 4@
HALF THE CITY'S POPULATION. 4@
THE DATA COLLECTION PIECE OF 4@
THE NEAR ACT WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AND
PROTECT AGAINST POTENTIAL
RACIAL BIASED BY OFFICERS BASED
PROTECT AGAINST POTENTIAL RACIAL BIASED BY OFFICERS BASED@
ON A RECOMMENDATION BY THE 4@
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
D.C. GAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
$150,000 BACK IN 2016 TO MAKE
THE REQUIRED COMPUTER SYSTEM
CHANGES TO 4@START COLLECTING
THAT STOP AND FRISK DATA.
BUT IT NOW APPEARS D.C.'S CFO
DID NOT CONSULT ONE VERY
IMPORTANT GROUP BEFORE COMING
UP WITH THAT NUMBER, THE PEOPLE
WHO ACTUALLY RUN THE COMPUTERS
AT THE D.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> RIGHT AWAY, THE MPD I.T.
FOLKS LOOKED AT THAT AND FOUND
THAT WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE
REQUIREMENTS, 150,000 JUST
WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE.
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE
TIMELINE.
TIMELINE.
TIMELINE. DA4@YS AFTER THE MONEY IS SENT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN
OCTOBER 2016, DONAHUE WRITES
THIS LETTER TO COUNCILMEMBER
McDUFFY SAYING, QUOTE, THE TEAM
IS STILL WORKING ON
IMPLEMENTATION.
IMPLEMENTATION. SIX MONTHS LATER, DONAHUE
STARTED RAISING RED 4@4@4@FLAGS
McDUFFY QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT
WHY THE FRISK DATA COLLECTION
HADN'T STARTED YET.
>> IT'LL TAKE MORE MONEY 4@THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. >> DO YOU KNOW 4@HOW MUCH MONEY
IT'LL TAKE? 4@
>> MOST OF THAT, TAKING THAT
INFORMATION TO THE DATABASE AND
I CAN GET THAT.
>> Reporter: BUT IT APPEARS
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
ONE YEAR LATER, DATA STILL
WASN'T COLLECTED AS REQUIRED IN
THE NEAR ACT.
AND DONAHUE STILL DIDN'T HAVE
ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO DO IT.
>> WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN 4@TO ALL
THOSE ANSWERS YET.
>> THAT'S THE SOURCE OF
FRUSTRATION IS I FEEL LIKE WE
HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT A
YEAR AGO.
YEAR AGO.
YEAR AGO. >> Reporter: DONAHUE NOW SAYS
THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IS HIS
OFFICE PRIORITIZED OTHER
ASPECTS OF THE NEAR ACT HE FELT
WERE EASIER TO IMPLEMENT AND
WOULD MAKE A MORE IMMEDIATE
IMPACT LIKE EXPANDING THE
AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF
POLICE COMPLAINTS AND
CO4@LLECTING A DIFFERENT KIND O
DATA ABOUT CRIME VICTIMS,
SUSPECTS AND COURT OUTCOMES.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS?
>> WE PRIORITIZED THINGS THAT
WOULD SAVE LIFE AND SAFETY.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT DATA HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH LIFE AND
SAFETY?
SAFETY?
SAFETY? >> I THINK IT HAS EVERYTHING TO
DO WITH LIFE AND SAFETY.
>> Reporter: APRI4@L GOGGINS IS
COURT ORGANIZER OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER D.C.
MATTER D.C. AND ONE OF THE PLAINT4@IFFS IN
THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST TH4@E
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY
OVER THE FAILURE TO COLLECT
THAT STOP AND FRISK DATA.
THAT WEBSITE SITING OUR ONGOING
REPORTING IN MAKING ITS CASE
THAT CITY 4@LEADERS, INCLUDING
DONAHUE, WILLFULLY IGNORED THE
DATA COLLECTION LAW AT 4@THE
EXPENSE OF PEOPLE IN D.C.'S
POOREST NEIGHBORHOOD.
POOREST NEIGHBORHOOD. >> I DON'4@T THINK HE SEES THE
NUMBERS AS INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE
AND INDIVIDUAL HUMAN
EXPERIENCES.4@
EXPERIENCES.4@ >> Reporter: CITY LEADERS HAVE
TOLD D.C. 4@COUNCIL IT'LL TAKE
MORE THAN TWICE ITS ORIGINAL
ESTIMATE TO PAY FOR COMPUTER
UPGRADES NEEDED TO START
COLLECTING THE DATA.
300,000 FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER $200,000 TO DMV SO
TRAFFIC STOPS CAN BE BETTER
MONITORED.
MONITORED. D.C. COUNCIL GIVING PRELIMINARY
APPROVAL FOR THAT HALF MILLION
DOLLARS JUST THIS WEEK.
BUT WHAT 4@ABOUT THAT ORIGINAL
$150,000?
$150,000?
$150,000? WE PRESSED DONAHUE ON THAT.
HE SAYS 4@HE THINKS IT WAS SPEN
ON OTHER I.T.
FOR POLICE 4@BUT HE COULDN'T
PROVIDE ANY SPECIFICS.
>> IS IT A PROBLEM, THOU4@GH,
SITTING HERE TODAY YOU DON'T
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO
THAT $150,000?
THAT $150,000? >> IF I THOUGHT THE MONEY WAS
SPENT ON SOMETHING THAT 4@WAS
COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THE I.T.
INVESTMENT OF SYSTEMS, I'D BE
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. WHAT I WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
IS 4@WE WERE GIVEN $150,000 AND
THEN HAD AN EXPECTATION TO
SPEND $500,000.
SPEND $500,000. AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: THE NEW ROUND OF
FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE
OCTOBER 1ST.
OCTOBER 1ST. BUT IT'LL TAKE NINE MONTHS TO
DO UPGRADES AND OFFICER
TRAINING, MEANING COMPREHENSIVE
STOP AND FRISK DATA COLLECTION
WON'T START UNTIL JULY 2019,
AL4@MOST THREE YEARS AFTER THAT
LAW WA4@S PASSED. 4@
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