NEW YORK — New York City leaders will meet Monday to demand passage of a bill in City Council that would require the New York Police Department to submit comprehensive reports of common officer interactions. with New Yorkers.
The measure is called The How Many Stops Act o The Law of How Many Stops to provide transparency of the day-to-day activities of the NYPD in the communities of the Big Apple. The reports will not only show officers stops people on the streets, but other types of information such as investigative encounters, and searches such as DNA collection purposes.
The two bills are:
- Introduction 586: Reporting on All NYPD Investigative Stops and Encounters which will require the NYPD to report on all levels of on-street police stops and investigative encounters, including where they occur, demographic information about the person stopped, the reason for the encounter, and whether the encounter leads to any use of force or coercive action.
- Intro 538: Report on all police consent searches and will provide New Yorkers with a complete picture of the use of NYPD consent searches in communities and shed light on whether or not the NYPD is adhering to the Right to Know Law.
Police transparency is a measure being proposed by leaders like Public Defender Jumaane Williams and Councilwoman Alexa Aviles to monitor the NYPD and its potentially discriminatory police practices that could criminalize and harm New Yorkers, particularly Black, Latino, and other New Yorkers of color, and make all New Yorkers less safe.
