NYPD Failed To Reform Stop And Frisk Practices: Study

BROOKLYN, NY — A new study on the New York City Police Department has reported that the NYPD has failed to reform its stop-and-frisk enforcement practices despite its court-ordered mandate.

The Independent Federal Monitor, which published the report, has been overseeing the NYPD's actions since 2013, when the NYPD was sued by the Legal Aid Society and the Legal Defense Fund on suspicion of discriminatory stop-and-frisk practices in public housing.

The mandated reform and the independent monitorship were part of the settlement.

The new report finds that unconstitutional reported stops increased from 10.6 percent in 2021 to 11.3 percent in 2022.

Unconstitutional frisks increased from 15.8 percent in 2021 to 23.9 percent in 2022, according to the report.

The study also said that unlawful searches increased from 20.4 percent in 2021 to 29.9 percent in 2022.

“It has been over a decade since a federal court found that the NYPD was violating the rights of Black and Latino New Yorkers through its stop, question and frisk practices, and the Department still has not remedied these violations,” said Charles McLaurin, senior counsel at the Legal Defense Fund.

"The NYPD is committed to working collaboratively with the Monitor to address the areas of concern raised in this latest report," a spokesperson from the NYPD said.