REMARKS
Recent reforms and ongoing issues with stop and frisk practices
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Council Member Salaam discusses the reforms implemented by the NYPD following the federal court order and the ongoing issues identified by the federal monitor.
- Mentions reforms including updated policies, body-worn cameras, and new performance evaluation standards
- Highlights persistent issues such as failure to document stops, lack of reasonable suspicion, and insufficient discipline for unconstitutional stops
Yousef Salaam
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Through work with the federal monitor in coordination with plaintiff representatives and the court, the NYPD has implemented many court ordered reforms.
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These reforms including included adopting update policies related to racial profiling and street encounters, equipping officers with body worn cameras to document police civilian encounters, and adopting and and adoption of new performance evaluation standards and auditing systems.
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However, a decade later, the federal monitor has continued to find persistent issues with the NYPD's failure to document stops, deficits in officers obtaining required reasonable suspicion to legally justify stops, and lack of discipline when officers are found to have conducted unconstitutional stops.
