The recently formed Racial Disparities Review Committee comes nearly 13 years after a federal judge ruled that the ...

Aggressive policing tactics and racial profiling can negatively impact infant health, according to a new study co-authored by ...

NEW YORK -- Michael Bloomberg on Sunday apologized for his longstanding support of the controversial "stop-and-frisk" police strategy ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, a practice that ...

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The NYPD continues to violate a court order by underreporting the rate that cops use controversial stop-and-frisk practices, a federal monitor says. In a 169-page status report filed Friday in ...

The New York City police department is lax in punishing officers who illegally stop and frisk people on the street, undermining efforts to curb wrongful uses of the tactic than a judge declared ...

Motor vehicle searches by the NYPD surged under Mayor Eric Adams, overwhelmingly targeting Black and Latino drivers and typically without a legally justifiable basis for the enforcement, according to ...

As homicide rates head for historic highs in Baltimore this year, former law enforcement officials are asking city leaders to revisit a controversial policing policy. "This is a very necessary tool ...

I remembered my parents giving me “the talk” many years ago: Keep both hands on the wheel, be compliant — always answer with “yes, sir” or “no, sir.” I was sweating a lot. I could barely keep my hands ...