News

2024

NYPD ‘chronically’ underreported encounters with civilians, civil rights groups say
AMNY (10/08/2024)

NYC crime drops for ninth straight month; NYPD cites gun arrests, subway efforts
NY Daily News (10/08/2024)

N.Y.P.D. Unwilling to Impose Discipline for Stop-and-Frisk, Report Says
NY Times (09/23/2024)

The NYPD often shows leniency to officers involved in illegal stop and frisks, report finds
Associated Press (09/23/2024)

NYPD Didn’t Discipline Officers for Illegal Stop and Frisks, Federal Review Says
Huffington Post (09/23/2024)

NYPD fails to discipline officers for stop-and-frisk violations, 500-page report says
CBS News (09/23/2024)

NYPD too often looks the other way on stop-and-frisk abuses: report
NY Daily News (09/23/2024)

Illegal Police Stops Have Risen Under Mayor Adams, Despite Court Mandate
NY Times (09/06/2024)

Unconstitutional NYPD stops rise under Adams, monitor says
Queens Daily Eagle (09/06/2024)

New report from NYPD monitor examines at racial disparities in policing. Here’s what it says.
CBS News (04/12/2024)

2023

Hearing all voices on stop & frisk
NY Daily News (10/08/2023)

Editorial: No choice but to change
AM Metro (06/06/2023)

NYPD anti-gun teams using illegal, discriminatory stop-and-frisk tactics, says federal monitor
AM NY (06/06/2023)

N.Y.P.D. Anti-Crime Units Returning to Illegal Tactics, Report Shows
NY Times (06/05/2023)

Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
The Washington Post (06/05/2023)

NYPD unit tasked with preventing gun violence illegally stops people at high rates, report finds
Gothamist (06/05/2023)

Nearly 25% of stops made by NYPD’s revamped anti-crime team were unlawful: federal monitor
NY Post (06/05/2023)

Mayor Adams’ controversial NYPD ‘stop-and-frisk’ teams make high percentage of unlawful stops, target mainly Black and Hispanic men: Federal monitor
NY Daily News (06/05/2023)

Independent monitor report says too many people are stopped, frisked, and searched unlawfully by some NYPD Neighborhood Safety Teams
CBS News (06/05/2023)

Federal monitor sounds alarm over NYPD refusal to release cop records on bias
Gothamist (05/19/2023)

Federal monitor gives NYPD two weeks to turn over documents to CCRB — or face court order
NY Post (05/18/2023)

An unconstitutional overreach? CBS2 investigates NYPD continuing banned practice of patrolling private buildings
CBS (05/18/2023)

2022

Germain Thompson on Knowing Your Rights in Police Encounters
Gothamist (12/31/2022)

Germain Thompson Appointed by Court as NYPD Stop and Frisk Community Liaison
NYPD Monitor (12/16/2022)

Body cameras in NYC public housing made police more civil, report finds
Gothamist (10/20/2022)

Advocates raise concerns about NYPD’s enhanced use of pedestrian stops to tamp down on guns
City & State NY (09/19/2022)

Federal monitor: NYPD is not reporting all stop and frisk cases
Gothamist (05/08/2022)

With NYPD Stop and Frisk Case at Crossroads, Civil Rights Groups Demand Monitoring Reforms
The City (02/07/2022)

Mylan Denerstein Named As New Federal Monitor Overseeing NYPD Stop and Frisk Case
NY Daily News (01/14/2022)

2021

How we make New York City safe: Mayor-elect Eric Adams explains why we need stop and frisk and proactive policing
NY Daily News (11/28/2021)

The Picture of Accountability
NY Daily News (02/17/2021)

2020

Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
NY Times (11/30/2020)

2019

The NYPD Says Stop-and-Frisk is Way Down. A Federal Monitor is Skeptical
WNYC (01/29/2019)

NYPD Unable to Substantiate Hundreds of Profiling Complaints
AM New York (01/15/2019)

2018

Justifying the Stops at Stop-and-Frisk School
The Chief (03/06/2018)

2017

Reforms Rein In Police Harassment; Now More Is Needed
NY Times (12/27/2017)

Some Cops Haven’t Filed Stop-and-Frisk Reports as Required
The Chief Leader (12/22/2017)

City Police Officers Are Not Reporting All Street Stops, Monitor Says
NY Times (12/13/2017)

A Policing Rift That Healed: The Remarkable Transformation of Stop-and-Frisk in New York City
New York Daily News (11/26/2017)

Stop-and-Frisk Monitor Says Cops Concerned About Being Supported
The Chief Leader (11/20/2017)

NYPD Cops ‘Express Fear’ of Carrying Out Stop-and-Frisks in Testing Phase of New Training, Monitor Reports
NY Daily News (11/16/2017)

Outside Monitor Favors NYPD System of Evaluations Measuring ‘Total Cop’
The Chief Leader (10/30/2017)

Police Evaluations Should Focus on Lawfulness of Stops, Monitor Says“
NY Times (10/20/2017)

NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Report Downplays Racial Disparities, Court Papers Say
NY Daily News (06/07/2017)

NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Searches Drop, But Racial Bias Remains the Same: Report
NY Daily News (05/31/2017)

Street Stops by New York City Police Have Plummeted
NY Times (05/30/2017)

Monitor Signs Off on NYPD ‘Camera’ Rules, Says Add-Ons Needed
The Chief Leader (04/17/2017)

Feds Approve NYPD Training to Keep Loiterers Away
NY Post (01/05/2017)

NYPD Monitor Pushes for Training on When Cops Can Kick Residents Out of Clean Halls Buildings
NY Daily News (01/05/2017)

2016

Stop/Frisk Monitor: NYPD Improving But Key Hurdles Remain
The Chief Leader (11/28/2016)

Stop-and-Frisk Going Paperless at Federal Monitor’s Suggestion
NY Daily News (11/10/2016)

Cops’ Body Cameras Likely to be Delayed to Last Half of 2017
The Chief Leader (08/15/2016)

Policing the Police on Stop-and-Frisk
NY Times (06/23/2016)

NYPD Monitor Raises Legal Standard for Stop and Frisks in Private Properties, NYCHA Buildings
NY Daily News (06/01/2016)

NYPD Monitor Urges Making Cops Detail Reasons Behind Stops
The Chief Leader (03/28/2016)

Show Your Work, Officer; Stop and Frisk, Fully Explained
NY Daily News (03/26/2016)

Stop-and-Frisk Forms Would Require More Detailed Explanations from NYPD Officers
NY Daily News (03/23/2016)

Stop-and-Frisks Plunge But Cops Struggle to Comply with Record-Keeping Rules: NYPD Monitor
NY Post (02/16/2016)

Monitor: Officers Leery of Discipline, Say Cops at All Levels in Dark on Changes in Stop-and-Frisk Process
The Chief Leader (02/22/2016)

2015

Fast Forward The Cameras to Record What Cops Are Doing
NY Daily News (12/12/2015)

NYPD Monitor Wants to Tweak Body-Camera Pilot Program
NY Post (12/07/2015)

Reason Prevails With NYPD’s Monitor
NY Daily News (07/10/2015)

Cops Must Provide Receipts After Stop-and-Frisks Under New Rules
NY Post (08/07/2015)

Monitor Proposes NYPD Cops Provide Stop-and-Frisk ‘Receipts,’ Cracks Down on Racial Profiling in New Guidelines
NY Daily News (08/07/2015)

Cops Recording Fewer Stops and Passing on Some Legitimate Ones
The Chief Leader (07/13/2015)

Federal Monitor Proposes Larger Trial of Body Cameras for New York Police
NY Times (07/09/2015)

NYPD Cops May Be Stopping Too Few Out of Fear of DisciplineNY Post (07/09/2015)

NYPD Stationhouses Begin Stop-and-Frisk
NY Daily News (02/24/2015)

NYPD Stationhouses Begin Stop-and-Frisk Program Reforms
NY Daily News (02/24/2015)

2013

Court-Appointed Police Monitor Has Fought For City and Against It
NY Times (08/13/2013)

Behind the Decision on the Stop-and-Frisk Policy
NY Times (08/12/2013)

Federal Monitor Has a Nuanced View of Police, Justice Here
The Chief Leader (08/10/2013)