New York State - Division of Criminal Justice Services

had knowledge that the car was stolen requires more information than the original casefile contains. Gathering this information requires additional interviews, collaborativeefforts by local law enforcement and cooperation of defendants when several peopleare accused.Cases are also beginning to suggest a more organized, illegitimate rental systemin the city of Schenectady. Individuals are not only using stolen vehicles in exchangefor drugs, but are involved in a continuous rental of the car for cash until the vehicle isfound by the police. With the help of modern surveillance resources such as licenseplate reader recognition systems, these vehicles can easily be detected.The office not only collaborates with local agencies to make arrests andprosecute cases, but also investigates connections to other cases pending prosecution.As previously mentioned, motor vehicle theft crimes tend to occur in conjunction withother crimes, such as drug crimes. Many of the suspects or potential witnesses thosecases also have other cases pending within the county. In such situations, the unit willattempt to resolve cases in a global fashion to give witnesses or defendants incentive toprovide us with information necessary to prosecute motor vehicle and other types ofcases.Schenectady County Office of the District AttorneyPerformance Measures Total Performance Measures TotalMVT cases 61 MVIF cases 3MVT arrests 61 MVIF arrests 1MVT felonies 41 MVIF felonies 3MVT misdemeanors 25 MVIF misdemeanors 0MVT indictments 10 MVIF indictments 0MVT convictions 23 MVIF convictions 0NYS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES MVTIFP BOARD / ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Page 82