City lawmakers are also considering more contentious legislation, supported by police reform advocates, that would regulate stop - and -
frisk encounters.
Cops said 49 more guns were recovered in April than during the same month last year, an increase of 19 %, while the number of controversial stop - and -
frisk encounters has dipped dramatically.
The effort to regulate those encounters grew out of outcry over the Police Department's aggressive use of stop - question - and -
frisk encounters during the Bloomberg administration.
ABC 7 story on the NYPD starting to use information cards for stop and
frisk encounters, featuring BP Adams
More than two years after the New York City Police Department implemented new procedures for stop - and -
frisk encounters, officers continue to undercount street stops, a court - appointed monitor said in a new report.
Not exact matches
More than two years into his tenure, a court - appointed monitor overseeing changes to the New York Police Department's stop - and -
frisk policies has found that some officers are still failing to document the
encounters as required, according to a new report.
A court - appointed monitor has called into question the NYPD's stop - and -
frisk data, finding that some officers still don't understand the rules governing the practice and that some admitted they had filled out stop - and -
frisk reports «for
encounters that were not stops at all.»
The post from Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog reports on yesterday's Supreme Court argument in which the state of Arizona and the federal government argued for — and got Justices supporting — the broad proposition that police who
encounter someone in a public place should have the authority to
frisk that individual any time they fear he may be «armed and dangerous,» even if they have no suspicion that any crime has been or is being committed.