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NYC Council approves NYPD 'How Many Stops Act' and solitary confinement ban

12/20/2023
ABC 7 NY

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Council overwhelmingly approved two measures on Wednesday that the mayor strongly opposes, including one that would ban most forms of solitary confinement at city jails in most cases.

The other measure would require officers to report all street stops.

Advocates of the bills maintain this is about accountability and addressing racial disparities in the use of solitary confinement and how police conduct their investigations.

NYPD officers now have to report when they stop someone on the street to ask for ID

12/20/2023
Gothamist

Police are now required to report low-level encounters with citizens after the City Council passed the How Many Stops Act on Wednesday.

The bill garnered 35 votes at the Council’s last meeting of the year. Mayor Eric Adams has 30 days to veto the measure. If he does, the Council can override the veto with a majority vote.

City Council passes bill requiring NYPD to report most encounters with civilians

Under a bill passed by the City Council Wednesday, police officers will be required to officially document most conversations they have with the public. It was a move opposed by Mayor Eric Adams and cheered by police reform advocates.
12/20/2023
Spectrum News

What You Need To Know

The NYPD would have to record more information about civilian interactions every time they stop someone 

 

Right now, they only record the most serious of interactions, when there's "reasonable suspicion" to stop an individual

 

Advocates said it aims to hold police officers accountable for unlawful stops

 

Opponents, including Mayor Adams, said it takes away time from officers doing their job to protect the public

NY criminal-justice groups want increased police transparency

12/07/2023
Public News Service

New York City community advocates want to reduce the number of stop-and-frisk encounters with police.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New York City reported the city's police department made more than 15,000 stops so far in 2023, the most since 2015. Data also show police primarily stopped Black and Latino people, although they were mostly innocent or not given a summons.

Advocates, leaders call for act to improve NYPD transparency

12/06/2023
News 12

Local leaders and advocates are proposing the How Many Stops Act, which would require the NYPD to be transparent about every encounter involving a stop and search. 

This comes over a decade after a federal ruling proclaimed the NYPD's practice of stop-and-frisk to be unconstitutional. The Community Safety Act passed in 2013 to ban discrimination practices by the NYPD, but advocates say they don't believe it was enough. 

Protesters Call on Police Commissioner Caban to Fire Officers in Trawick Killing

The family of Kawaski Trawick, who was shot and killed in his Bronx apartment in 2019, also demanded a meeting with Mayor Adams ahead of any decision by the NYPD.
09/28/2023
The City

Dozens of protesters rallied outside police headquarters in downtown Manhattan Thursday to urge NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban to buck the recommendation of an administrative judge that the officers involved in the shooting death of 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick face no discipline.

Trawick, a personal trainer and dancer with a history of mental health and substance use challenges, was shot and killed by officer Brendan Thompson while cooking in his Bronx apartment in April 2019. 

NYPD Recommends No Punishment for Officers Who Shot Kawaski Trawick

THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
09/28/2023
WNYC

Yoav Gonen, senior reporter for The City, recounts what happened when a police officer killed Kawaski Trawick in his apartment in The Bronx back in 2019, and why the NYPD is not recommending any discipline or misconduct charges for the two officers who were involved. Call ins by Jawanza Williams, Managing Director Of Organizing, VOCAL-NYC

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