NCJ Number
183527
Date Published
1999
Length
457 pages
Annotation
This report examines the stop and frisk practices employed by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from three perspectives: constitutional parameters for stop and frisk encounters, minority communities affected by the procedures, and stop and frisk training.
Abstract
The first chapter of the report reviews events leading to the New York State Attorney General's decision to investigate the NYPD's stop and frisk practices. The second chapter presents a legal analysis of stop and frisk in terms of 4th amendment standards and the 14th amendment prohibition on unequal or discriminatory stops. The third chapter details the NYPD's approach to stop and frisk, with emphasis on crime fighting philosophies and strategies, NYPD training in stop and frisk, and police attitudes toward stop and frisk. A community perspective on stop and risk is presented in the fourth chapter, while a statistical review of stop and frisk data for white and minority New York City residents is included in the fifth chapter. Appendixes contain additional information on the NYPD's stop and frisk practices. References, footnotes, tables, and figures