Does the NYPD Even Want to Follow the Constitution?

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks often about the success of her department in driving down crime, attributing it to a "data-driven, scalpel approach" and "precision policing." On Wednesday, the federal court monitor who has overseen the police department's halting progress toward lawful, constitutional policing as part of a landmark stop-and-frisk civil rights judgment painted a somewhat different picture.