The database, which has been operational since 2013 and contains thousands of entries and intel - including distinctive tattoos - is considered a vital crime-fighting tool by the NYPD in the war against criminal groups and street gangs.
"It's more invaluable than before," insisted John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Michael Alcazar, a retired NYPD detective. "Now we have all these migrants. ... You don't have birth certificates, passports, so now we have to really use the database to gather information: their photographs, tattoos, their scars, their gang affiliation."
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