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The NYPD is touting a decrease in crime so far this year, saying the number of shootings and homicides are way down.
TomTom data shows a significant shift in traffic patterns, with congestion levels dropping considerably across the city, a ...
The NYPD’s summer safety initiative appears to be yielding positive results. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Eric Adams touted a historic drop in crime while ...
A coalition of community activists is renewing calls for more transparency from Richmond police after the department said it could not provide data on “stop-and-frisk” encounters and traffic ...
One decade ago this summer, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s abusive stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. Three mayors and six police commissioners later, the ...
Stop and frisk, a contentious policing practice that Philadelphia mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker says she’ll consider implementing if elected, is being used illegally in New York City, according to ...
Stop and frisk, a contentious policing practice that Philadelphia mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker says she’ll consider implementing if elected, is being used illegally in New York City ...
Once heavily used in Philadelphia, New York City and elsewhere, stop-and-frisk programs became increasingly ... according to police statistics. Vehicle stops might hit about 115,000.
This isn't what "stop and frisk" looked like in New York City at all. It is true, as Adams notes in his opinion piece, that the courts have recognized the police power to stop and search people if ...
Eight years after a judge ruled New York City police violated the ... court filing and demand an end to stop and frisk abuses. They were joined by the city’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams ...
Michael Bloomberg's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has been bombarded with criticism of one of his signature policies as mayor of New York City: "Stop and frisk," the ...
On Monday, an audio clip from 2015 of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending stop-and-frisk surfaced and went viral. In the recording, Bloomberg is heard saying that 95% of murderers ...