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NY police officers' group criticizes card plan
May 7, 2009
NEW YORK - The New York City group 100 Black in Law Enforcement Who Care is criticizing the police department's new policy of handing out information cards during its controversial stop-and-frisk tactics.
The NYPD started giving out the cards this month, it says, to better explain to people why there were being stopped and searched.
The cards cite a state code allowing stops by officers if they reasonably think a person may be a suspect. The cards list common reasons, like being seen running from a crime scene and carrying what appears to be a weapon.
Group co-founder Marquez Claxton says the card "isn't worth the paper it's printed on." He says the NYPD should notify people who are stopped when their personal information is stored, or purge the data if they're not charged.
Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit accusing police of singling out African-American and Latino residents.
The department calls the tactic a valuable crime-fighting tool.
http://www.newsday.com/topic/ny-bc-ny--nypdstreetstops0507may07,0,5450118.story
May 7, 2009
NEW YORK - The New York City group 100 Black in Law Enforcement Who Care is criticizing the police department's new policy of handing out information cards during its controversial stop-and-frisk tactics.
The NYPD started giving out the cards this month, it says, to better explain to people why there were being stopped and searched.
The cards cite a state code allowing stops by officers if they reasonably think a person may be a suspect. The cards list common reasons, like being seen running from a crime scene and carrying what appears to be a weapon.
Group co-founder Marquez Claxton says the card "isn't worth the paper it's printed on." He says the NYPD should notify people who are stopped when their personal information is stored, or purge the data if they're not charged.
Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit accusing police of singling out African-American and Latino residents.
The department calls the tactic a valuable crime-fighting tool.
http://www.newsday.com/topic/ny-bc-ny--nypdstreetstops0507may07,0,5450118.story