Looks like the NYPD hasn’t deterred from its “Stop & Frisk” policy, it was revealed today that the boys in blue only increased their efforts in 2011.
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City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year, a new record since the NYPD began yearly tallies of the tactic in 2002 and a 14 percent increase over 2010.
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The “Stop & Frisk” is a tactic in which NYPD officers stop individuals, usually in black or Latino neighborhoods, on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
In 2010, the NYPD recorded an estimated 600,601 “Stop & Frisks,” 87 percent of whom were Black and Latino residents.
It couldn’t be determined how many people were patted down during the encounters, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Typically, half of the potential suspects who are stopped are frisked or searched. Of those stopped last year, about 12 percent were arrested or received summonses.
Civil-rights advocates claim the practice unfairly targets innocent blacks and other people of color, and many stops are made without proper cause.
The department calls the tactic an essential crime-fighting tool. But what they fail to realize is all the stopping and frisking doesn’t deter crime, instead it only fuels mistrust between the NYPD and people of color.
