NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The NYPD will now have to document even the most casual of interactions with the public when the How Many Stops Act goes into effect this July.
The City Council overwhelmingly overrode the veto of the legislation by Mayor Eric Adams, who feels the new rules will pull police officers off the streets to push paperwork.
The council hopes that the documentation will lead to more transparency.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has been the most outspoken supporter of the new policing measure.
He continues to insist that the additional documentation can be easily done at the end of the day when officers are required to review their body camera footage, or on the spot with their work-issued cell phones.
"So, we are saying you have to find a way while you were doing that already, to get some additional information," Williams said.
But the NYPD continues to insist implementing the new law will be a lot more difficult than that.
The Chief of Patrol said the technology has not been built out to do with what the council is asking, and it certainly would not be a quick task to document millions of these interactions each year.
In general, the NYPD is still holding out hope it can come to an understanding with the city council.
"There is still room for us to come to the table and work on language that is both transparent and does not affect public safety," Commissioner Edward Caban said.
However, distrust runs deep after weeks of a bitter public debate. The council and public advocate accuse the mayor and NYPD of outlining the most difficult way to accomplish this documentation to stoke fear.
Police insist the real fear should be officers pulled off patrol to do this documentation, hurting response times.
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