Although the future of the stop-and-frisk litigation is uncertain with mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, an opponent of the practice, taking office on Jan. 1, the New York City Law Department has filed its ...

NEW YORK -- The federal monitor overseeing changes at the New York Police Department asked a judge Friday to sign off on revised guidelines intended to make sure that street stops are lawful and to ...

“It vacated an injunction by a lower court that prohibited the use of various detailed attributes of potential persons of interest to law enforcement and made them off-limits. That was a very unusual ...

NEW YORK -- Michael Bloomberg on Sunday apologized for his longstanding support of the controversial "stop-and-frisk" police strategy ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, a practice that ...

Writing in The New York Times, Nicholas K. Peart recounts what it feels like to be a young black man in New York in the age of controversial stop-and-frisk policing. From a young age, he has acted on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Chicago Police Department and the City of Chicago claiming the CPD's "stop and frisk" practices are unconstitutional. The plaintiffs ...

An NYPD officer who was a key witness at the federal trial that led to court-ordered stop-and-frisk reforms has now filed a federal lawsuit against New York City claiming that he has faced retaliation ...

NEW YORK — In a manila envelope on the table in front of Marlene Steele are hundreds of letters from businesses, churches and foundations politely rejecting her request for help to fund a gun buy-back ...

The former NYC mayor has sought to explain why he once championed the policy. When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched his unconventional White House bid, he faced his controversial ...