Sentences with phrase «frisk arrests»

To Savino, this concern rings hallow, considering the governor last year proposed decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana in order to stem stop - and - frisk arrests.

That's a disappointment to the Drug Policy Alliance, which was one of the groups hoping it would reduce stop and frisk arrests in New York City.

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«We've dramatically reduced the overuse and abuse of stop - and - frisk, initiated a comprehensive plan to retrain the entire NYPD to reduce the use of excessive force and to work with the community, reduced arrests for minor marijuana possession, and given officers body cameras to improve transparency and accountability,» de Blasio said.

Bronx prosecutors have quietly stopped charging people arrested for trespassing on public housing projects through stop and frisk procedures, unless they interview the arressting officer and the officer convinces them to proceed.

This usually crops up when young people of color are asked to empty their pockets by police (yes, even now that the NYPD has reduced the frequency of stop - and - frisks); in 2010, the state arrested more than 100,000 people for marijuana possession, leaving more reactionary destinations like Texas in the dust.

Blacks and Latinos are nine times as likely as whites to be stopped and frisked by the NYPD, but no more likely to be arrested.

De Blasio said in May that the NYPD is doing an «outstanding» job as it is and that because officers are spending less time on unnecessary stop and frisks and low - level marijuana arrests, they are freed up to do more of the community policing Council members are seeking the additonal headcount to perform.

Bratton continued to oversee the drop in stop and frisks that started during the Bloomberg administration and also agreed to other changes such as reducing marijuana arrests and giving police the discretion to arrest people for other minor offenses such as public drinking and public urination.

Gangi points to bias in law enforcement, citing data that shows while stop - and - frisks or arrests for certain offenses may be down, racial disparities remain, with people of color stopped or arrested far more often than white people.

The mayor cited a reduction in the number of stop and frisks and marijuana arrests as having freed up officers to focus on serious crime.

Restrictions on stop and frisk have made cops afraid to make arrests — even of suspected drug peddlers — a black police officer told Mayor de Blasio on Friday.

De Blasio said the city is safer even though the police stop, question, frisk and arrest fewer people.

But the former NYPD official — who was also critical of the Bloomberg and Ray Kelly era of aggressive policing that led to a 600 percent jump in stop - and - frisks and about 400,000 arrests a year — was skeptical of de Blasio's new strategy.

«And once police abuse power when it comes to stop - and - frisk then they can do it in terms of falsely arresting people.

He also said the city won't comply with the Justice Department if it orders local police to resume the stop - and - frisk policy, that the NYPD will arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks or victimizes Jews, Muslims, sexual minorities and any other vulnerable communities.

This leaves two major items unfinished — a bill restricting the release of teacher evaluations and changes to marijuana laws to prevent some arrests under New York City's «stop - and - frisk program» — and should ensure the orderly close to the legislative session, scheduled to end Thursday, that many predict.

The mayor often touts his neighborhood policing initiative, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop - and - frisk policing and a decrease in marijuana possession arrests even as critics claim an increase.

His focus on broken windows policing — stopping smaller crimes in an effort to prevent larger ones — earned him the ire of many of those same activists who protested stop - and - frisk alongside the mayor, particularly after Eric Garner was killed when police tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes.

De Blasio says New York City is the safest big city in the United States and pointed to overall crime being down, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop and frisk policing, his neighborhood policing initiative and argues that marijuana possession arrests have gone down even as critics note an increase.

«I am disappointed that there is racial disparity in arrests, as I have been and was in the leadership on stop - and - frisk, and I want to see it corrected,» Sharpton said, responding to a reporter's question about de Blasio's attitude toward the issue.

The mayor cited a decrease in stop and frisk and marijuana arrests and new technology as having freed up officers to spend more time getting to know the communities they serve.

The mayor said that a reduction in things such as stop - and - frisk and low level marijuana arrests combined with new technology gave the police department all the manpower they needed.

Black Lives Matter activists protested the arrest of an anti-violence advocate who was taken into custody while videotaping officers frisking a handcuffed motorist in Syracuse.

The database is a list of people who have been stopped and frisked by police, whether they had been arrested or not.

As for the consent to search law, Bratton said the impetus for the law — stop - and - frisk and low level marijuana arrests — have both declined dramatically since Bill de Blasio became mayor and picked him as police commissioner.

Sayegh contended many of these arrests occur when young people are stopped and frisked by police and asked to empty their pockets.

Another stalled piece of legislation was the plan to reduce penalties for public possession of small amounts of marijuana — which has been linked to a surge in arrests of young black and Latino men who have been stopped - and - frisked by police officers in New York City.

Under stop - and - frisk, a police officer could ask a person to turn out their pockets, and if they had marijuana in them, by exposing it while complying with the officer, they could be arrested — and get a police record.

«Yes, it's down significantly from the height of stop and frisk, but there's still lots of people that are getting caught up in these marijuana arrests» Alyssa Aguilera, executive director of VOCAL - NY, said.

Governor Cuomo says New York City's stop and frisk police procedure has unfairly led to the arrest of thousands of mainly young black and Hispanic men who were caught with possession of small amounts of marijuana.

While overall arrests have decreased by 20 percent since the NYPD moved away from stop - and - frisk three years ago, gun - related arrests increased by 10 percent in 2016, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Dermot Shea.

But stop - and - frisk critics point to other statistics: Some 87 percent of those stopped last year involved blacks or Hispanics, and about 12 percent of the stops resulted in arrests or tickets.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The Bronx district attorney's office is no longer prosecuting people stopped at public housing projects under the city's stop - and - frisk policy unless the arresting officer ensures the arrest is warranted.

The NYPD has said that its surveillance is legal and that stop and frisk — a technique of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people who are seen as acting suspiciously but who don't necessarily meet the probable - cause standard for arrest — has helped drive crime down to record lows and save lives by taking weapons off the street.

De Blasio was sent to Gracie Mansion last November riding a tidal wave of an anti-NYPD sentiment fueled largely by skyrocketing stop - and - frisks and quality - of - life arrests under the Bloomberg administration.

«We know that the broken policy of stop - and - frisk and we know that the approach to marijuana arrests that was taken historically disproportionately affected African - American and Latino communities,» de Blasio said.

Williams and Foy have repeatedly said their arrest highlights the effects of police policies — most notably stops and frisks — widely used against young black and Latino men in the city.

The measure that would decriminalize up to 25 grmas of marijuana in order to reduce the number of «stop and frisk» arrests in New York City is essentially dead for this legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this afternoon.

«When you look at the fact that the 911 calls do not match the arrests, when you look at the fact that there are more arrests in a black dominated district like Queens Village as opposed to Forest Hills... it is a clear racial pattern as it was with stop - and - frisk.»

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

The Canadian Charter grants the «right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure,» but one of the main exceptions to this is a search incident to an arrest, which allows a police officer to frisk a person who has been lawfully arrested.

A «frisk» search incidental to a lawful arrest reconciles the public's interest in the effective and safe enforcement of the law and its interest in ensuring the freedom and dignity of individuals since it constitutes a minimal intrusion on individual rights which is necessary to ensure that criminal justice is properly administered.»

«At common law a police officer may carry out a «frisk» search of a person who has been lawfully arrested and the existence of reasonable and probable grounds is not a prerequisite to the existence of such a power.

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