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NYS AG Looking Into NYPD?s Stop & Frisk Policy

(Wednesday, April 11th, 2012)

True to his word, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is putting the NYPD?s controversial stop-and-frisk tactic in his cross hairs.

Schneiderman?s investigators are reviewing NYPD stop-and-frisk data and weighing whether to issue a formal report ? setting up a potential battle with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg, the Daily News has learned.

Documents obtained by The News show Schneiderman has met at least twice in recent months with top staff to discuss the NYPD program, which reached a record high 685,724 stops in 2011 and has led to criticism of racial bias.

Schneiderman pledged in his 2010 campaign for attorney general to crack down on ?unjustified stop-and-frisk practices.?

READ MORE: NY DAILY NEWS

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