From Jan. 1 to March 31, NYPD officers filed 183,326 "stop, question and frisk" reports—22.4% more than for the first quarter of 2010. The quarterly total is the highest since 2004, the first ...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacts to a federal court's decision on the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practice, and outlines the reasons for appealing. Photo: Getty Images.

A federal judge in New York has ruled New York City's controversial "stop and frisk" law unconstitutional, saying it is a "form of racial profiling." The judge noted that the policy, which allows ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Some New Yorkers are suing the city and the NYPD over the controversial form of policing known as stop-and-frisk. As CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports, they say it's still being ...

The judge whose 2013 ruling in the city’s stop-and-frisk case helped boost Bill de Blasio’s mayoral campaign has, four years later, donated to one of the mayor’s opponents. Judge Shira ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A Brooklyn man was awarded $125,000 in a settlement over his arrest after recording a stop-and-frisk encounter on his cellphone in 2012. According to published reports ...

Former New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly predicted last year that “no question about it, violent crime will go up” if the city were to move away from stop-and-frisk policing.

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who has made moves towards running as a presidential candidate, has apologised for backing the city's "stop and frisk" policy.