This document discusses racial profiling and stop-and-frisk policies in New York City. It notes that according to 2012 data, roughly 89% of people stopped by police were non-white. Stop-and-frisk allows police to stop, question, and potentially search people deemed suspicious. While intended to reduce weapons, less than 0.2% of stops between 2004-2012 resulted in guns being found. The document argues that stop-and-frisk policies should be reformed by creating penalties for racial profiling and using technology to track police behaviors.

1. Big City, Big
Problems
Cutting the rates of racial profiling by
police forces

2. New York City
Roughly 89 percent of people that police
stopped were non-whites. (2012)
Stop and frisk
One teen says “To the cops I look like
someone who is up to no good.”

3. Stop and Frisk
Define: police stopping a citizen who may seem
suspicious, questioning them, and then potentially
searching them for weapons
History
supreme court ruling (1968)
was created and instilled in the 1990’s
in 2011 hit a record high of 684,330

4. Important Videos
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/06/12/opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_e

5. It gets worse...
Police OFTEN use force and physical
violence
People are provoked by police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWtDMPa

6. Failing Statistics
Of the 16,000 or more women frisked, only
59 had guns
The rate for confiscating guns from men is
equally as low
.13 percent
50% vs. 90%

7. How we can fix it?
Create punishments (aversive situations)
for officers
Create penalties if need be
Use current technologies to track behaviors
Encourage public to be strong, and provide
ZERO reinforcers

8. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_frisk
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/real-history-stop-and-frisk-article-1.1088494
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/reporting/tablegen.php
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/nyc-stop-and-frisk-a-decade-rising-numbers_n_1970951.html#slide=1106649
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/stop-and-frisk-may-be-working-but-is-it-racist/267417/
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/stop_and_frisk/index.html