Police Interventions For New York City Public School Students In Emotional Distress Up 24% In 2020 Over 2017

Police interventions for New York City public school students in emotional distress rose 24% between 2017 and 2020. Over the four years, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) responded to a total 12,050 incidents in which a student in emotional distress was removed from class and transported to the hospital for psychological evaluation. About 48.4% of these interventions (police response to remove a child from class) involved children ages 4 to 12 years. In about 10% (1,180) of the interventions the police used metal or Velcro restraints (handcuffs) on the child in crisis. Between July 2016 . . .