According to public statistics collected by New York Focus and THE CITY, the number of stop-and-frisks conducted by NYPD officers jumped significantly last year.
In 2024, cops made 25,386 stops, a 50 percent increase over the previous year and the most since 2014. Last year, nearly nine out of every 10 persons stopped by the NYPD were Black or Latino.Over 15,600 persons were frisked during stops, up 43 percent over the previous year.The increase occurred despite new policies implemented in January 2024 to reduce unlawful stops, such as training, audits, and assessments of body-worn camera video.
Nearly Tripled Under Adams Administration
In response to a request for comment, the mayor’s office sent New York Focus and THE CITY to the NYPD press office, which did not reply to an inquiry.Stop-and-frisks, also known as Terry stops, are police practices in which officers stop and pat down the outer clothes of people they suspect of being armed and violent. During these encounters, officers may examine the persons’ things.Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD police stopped hundreds of thousands of people each year, including a record 685,724 stops in 2011. Few stops led to arrests, yet the practice disproportionately affected Black and Latino people.
Data From The Past
The number of NYPD stops declined dramatically in the subsequent years. In 2013, a New York federal judge determined that the approach was ineffective and, as applied by Bloomberg, violated minorities’ constitutional rights. By 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s last year in office, NYPD officers had made just 8,947 stops.Three years later, under the Adams administration, that figure has nearly quadrupled.Since Adams entered office in 2022, stop-and-frisk incidences have increased year after year, disproportionately targeting individuals of color.…