More than a decade after it agreed to stop fighting a landmark federal ruling compelling it to reform its racist and unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices, the NYPD continues to have a real problem conducting stops, frisks, and searches in a way that consistently doesn't violate the United States Constitution, according to yet another report released this week by the federal monitor overseeing the department.
In the third quarter of last year, fewer than half of NYPD precincts were stopping and searching people in a way that comports with the law more than 85 percent of the time, according to the report, which covers the first three quarters of 2024. "In other words," the monitor writes, "most NYPD commands did not achieve minimum levels of constitutional compliance in frisks and searches."