The shadow of stop and frisk loomed large outside of City Hall on Wednesday as politicians and civil rights groups assembled to demand the City Council pass a new bill that would require cops to document who they have stopped and why.
Supporters of legislation dubbed the How Many Stops Act are seeking to have the NYPD extensively document their encounters with the public. The bill would require police to produce a “comprehensive accounting” of all street stops, consensual searches, questionings, and the purpose of DNA searches. For many the how, why, and where police have these interactions with the public is an imperative step on rebuilding trust between cops and civilians.
