NYPD officers, particularly those involved in specialized anti-crime units, engage in unlawful vehicle searches that disproportionately target Black and Latino drivers, according to a federal lawsuit ...

In rulings New York City immediately vowed to appeal, Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin issued a preliminary injunction against stop-and-frisk encounters that violate the U.S. Constitution, ...

Two academics have been tapped to analyze disparities in police street stops, the latest attempt to make sure officers don’t engage in racial profiling, according to the NYPD’s federal monitor. The ...

Alluding to what she called "overwhelming evidence" that the New York Police Department is running a centralized stop-and-frisk program that has led to thousands of unconstitutional stops, a federal ...

Under mounting criticism of its stop-and-frisk practices, the NYPD Wednesday demonstrated how cadets and officers are trained to stop, question and search people whom they suspect may have or are ...