Stop and Frisk

Stop And Frisk: Police Stop More Than 1 Million People On Street

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different rou...

NYPD Sets Stop-And-Frisks Record In 2008

Norman Siegel | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York


Norman Siegel

In 2008 the NYPD set a new record with 531,159 stop-and-frisks. During the first three months of 2009 they were on pace to shatter that record. This was happening even as the news media was focused on the arrest of Professor Gates.