Ms. Pilnyak ta fara aikinta ne a ofishin lauya na gundumar Manhattan (DANY), inda ta shafe shekaru 10 kuma ta kasance memba a Sashin Kula da Laifukan Jima'i, da sauran nau'ikan laifuffuka, laifukan jima'i, tashin hankalin gida da kisan kai. Ta kuma yi aiki a Sashin Dabarun Laifuka a DANY inda ta yi nazarin kididdigar laifuka daga Sashen 'yan sanda na New York (NYPD) kuma ta samar da zurfin bincike kan laifuka tare da dabarun rage yanayin aikata laifuka a takamaiman yanki na Manhattan. Dabarun sun shafi haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu daban-daban, masu ruwa da tsaki na al'umma, zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai da sauran abokan aikin tabbatar da doka kuma an keɓance su don hana ayyukan masu maimaita laifuka waɗanda ke da alhakin mafi yawan yanayin laifuka. Wannan ya haifar da haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi tare da al'umma da abokan aikin tilasta doka kuma an sami raguwa mai yawa a cikin yanayin aikata laifuka. An san wannan tsari a matsayin gabatar da kara na hankali kuma ya tabbatar da himmarta na ƙirƙira da haɗin gwiwa don magance matsalolin tilasta bin doka.  

A cikin 2017, Ms. Pilnyak ta bar DANY don yin aiki a matsayin Babban Darakta na Ayyukan Shari'a a Ofishin Magajin Laifi na New York City (MOCJ). Wannan rawar ya ba ta damar yin hulɗa tare da babban haɗin gwiwar masu ruwa da tsaki don gano rashin aiki da wuraren inganta tsarin shari'ar laifuka na birnin New York. Ta ƙirƙira tare da aiwatar da shawarwarin manufofi daban-daban waɗanda aka yi niyya don kawar da gazawa daga aikin kamawa har zuwa ƙarshen shari'ar da ke haifar da raguwar 62% na adadin waɗanda ake tuhuma tare da shari'ar da ke kan sama da shekaru uku.  

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Ms. Pilnyak ta samu mukamin mataimakiyar Darakta mai kula da dabarun aikata laifuka a MOCJ a cikin watanni shida, inda ta fadada aikinta zuwa na kula da duk dabarun shari'ar aikata laifuka a birnin New York da tsarawa da aiwatar da shirye-shiryen sake fasalin shari'ar laifuka ga birnin. A lokacin da take aiki, ta yi aiki kafada da kafada da manyan shugabanni na kotunan jihar New York, da masu kare hakkin jama'a, da masu gabatar da kara, NYPD, Ma'aikatar Gyara da sauran jami'an tsaro don aiwatar da manyan yunƙurin sake fasalin shari'ar laifuka, kamar gyaran beli, sake fasalin adalci na yara. , da kuma sauƙaƙa taɓa aiwatar da ƙananan matakan, don haɓaka adalci yayin da ake ƙara amincin jama'a.  

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A cikin 2019, Ms. Pilnyak ta bar MOCJ zuwa NYPD inda ta yi aiki a matsayin tauraro biyu na Mataimakin Mataimakin Kwamishinan a Ofishin Gudanar da Hadari. Ta yi aiki kan haɓaka manufofi da tsare-tsare don jagorantar Sashen kan aiwatar da gyare-gyaren da hukumomin tarayya suka kawo sakamakon tasha da cin zarafi da kuma mummunan mutuwar George Floyd.  

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A matsayinta, ita ce ke da alhakin gudanar da ayyukan yau da kullun na, a tsakanin sauran rukunin, na'urar daukar hoto (BWC) da kuma sashin tabbatar da ingancin (QAD) kuma ta kasance kai tsaye cikin binciken duba da bincike na dubbai. na shari'o'in gyaran fuska na huɗu da suka haɗa da bincike da kamawa da, a yawancin lokuta, amfani da ƙarfi. Don ƙara haɓaka waɗannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce, ta sa ido kan sake fasalin nazarin bayanan don gano jami'an da ke cikin haɗari ta hanyar ingantaccen amfani da fasaha.  

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Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun nasarorin da ta samu a lokacin zamanta a NYPD shine jagorancin aiwatar da sabon Shirin Sashin Farko na Sashen.  An tsara shirin don amfani da dabarun sarrafa haɗari don shiga tsakani a farkon damar da za a iya tallafawa lafiyar ma'aikata da haɓaka ƙwararru ta hanyar ganowa da rage abubuwan da za su iya haifar da matsalolin aiki mara kyau, horar da ma'aikata, ko mu'amala mara kyau tare da jama'a.  Shirin Farko na Farko tsari ne wanda ba na ladabtarwa ba wanda, a ainihinsa, an tsara shi don jagoranci, tallafi da jami'an koci. Manufar shirin ita ce tabbatar da cewa kowane jami'i yana gudanar da aikinsa ta hanyar da ta dace da bin ka'idojin doka, da'a, da ka'idojin da Sashen ke biyan su ta hanyar gyara batutuwa da zarar an gano su.  

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Ms. Pilnyak ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar California a Berkeley da Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Cornell.  

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