>>
>> A
>> A MESSY SITUATION EVEN MESSIER NOW.
MESSIER NOW. >>> TONIGHT OUR SERIES DC POLICE
STOP AND FRISK TAKES US TO NEW
YORK CITY TO GET A FIRSTHAND
LOOK AT THE TYPE OF REFORMS THAT
ARE COMING TO THE DISTRICT AND
THE WAY D4@C POLICE SHOULD BE4@
TRACKING POLICE STOPS.
HERE'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.
>> WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON4@ DC
POLICE STOP AND FRISK FOR ALMOST
A YEAR NOW, AND OUR
INVESTIGATION HAS COVERED A LOT
OF GROUND.
OF GROUND. IT STARTED WHEN WE FIRST
DISCOVERED HUGE RACIAL
DISPARITIES IN THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE STOPPED AND FRISKED BY DC4@
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. AND A FAILURE BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW A
2-YEAR-OLD LAW REQUIRING IT TO
OVERHAUL THE WAY IT TRACKS THOSE
POLICE STOPS TO BETTER PROTECT
AGAINST POTENTIAL RACIAL BIAS ON
THE PART OF ITS O4@FFICERS.
OUR SERIES OF REPORTS HAS
SPARKED OUTRAGE, A LAWSUIT,4@ BT
MOST IMPORTANTLY, FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. DC POLICE IS NOW DOING WHAT THEY
SHOULD4@ HAVE DONE BACK IN 2016
AND THAT'S PUT A PLAN IN PLACE
TO FINALLY START COLLECTING THAT
COMPREHENSIVE STOP AND FRISK4@
DATA.
DATA.
DATA. SO
DATA. SO WE THOUGHT THE NEXT STEP WAS
AN IMPORTANT ONE, TO SHOW YOU
FIRSTHAND WHAT THE IMPACT OF ALL
THIS IS GOING TO BE ON BOTH YOU
AND POLICE.
AND POLICE. SO EARLIER THIS YEAR WE TRAVELED
TO GET THE ANSWER.
NEW YORK CITY.
HOME TO 8 AND A HALF MILLION
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. 36,000 OFFICERS AND4@ A NEW WAY
PEOPLE. 36,000 OFFICERS AND4@ A NEW WAYO
POLICE STOP AND FRISK.
>> THE4@ DEBATE ABOUT4@ STOP AND
FRISK HERE IN NEW YORK CITY GOES
BACK NEARLY TWO DECADES4@ AND
INVOLVES LAWSUITS, LANDMARK
COURT RULINGS, AND NOW THE MOST@
COMPREHENSIVE STOP AND FRISK
REPORTING SYSTEM THE CITY HAS
EVER SEEN.
EVER SEEN. I GRABBED A CAMERA AND A SUBWAY
CAR TO FIND OUT HOW IT'S
WORKING.
WORKING.
WORKING. FIRST STOP, ONE4@ POLICE PLAZA,@
AKA, NYPD HEADQUARTERS.
>> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE HERE IN
NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW YORK4@
CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
COLLECT ALL THAT DATA?
>> IT'S A TREMENDOUS4@ EFFORT.
>> Reporter: NANCY IS ASSISTANT
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR NYPD.
SHE OVERSEES THE DEPARTMENT'S
MONITORING OF STOP AND FRISK.
IT'S A TRACKING4@ SYSTEM THAT WS
OVERHAULED BACK IN 2015 AFTER A
LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE CENTER4@
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL4@ RIGHTS IN W
YORK.
YORK.
YORK. THE
YORK. THE SENIOR ATTORNEY CHALLENGED
THE SYSTEM WITH ALMOST THE SAME@
RACIAL DISPARITIES OUR WUSA 9
INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED BACK IN
THE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT. >> WHEN 8 OUT OF 10 STOP AND
FRISKS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE4@
DONE ON AFRICAN AMERICANS WHEN
THEY DON'T MAKE UP NEARLY THAT
PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION, IS
THAT CONCERNING?
THAT CONCERNING? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE SAME EXACT
DISPROPORTIONALITY WE HAD IN NEW
YORK WHICH HAS LED TO ALL THE
COURT RULINGS AND ALL THE
CHANGES AROUND STOP AND FRISK.
>> Reporter: THOSE CHANGES
CHANGES AROUND STOP AND FRISK. >> Reporter: THOSE CHANGES4@
FORCED NYPD OFFICERS TO4@ FILL T
THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING
FORM EVERY TIME THEY STOP AND
FRISK SOMEONE.
FRISK SOMEONE. A VERY SIMILAR DATA SET, DC
POLICE IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT
UNDER4@ THE N.E.A.R.
ACT.
ACT.
ACT. DC
ACT. DC POLICE ADMITS IT'S FAILED TO
FOLLOW THE 2-YEAR-OLD LAW,4@
CONTINUING TO DOCUMENT ONLY
LIMITED DATA ABOUT STOP AND
FRISK.
FRISK.
FRISK. >>
FRISK. >> WHEN4@ YOU WERE ONLY COLLECTG
AGE, RACE,4@4@ DATE OF STOP,
LOCATION, WHAT ARE WE MISSING
THERE?
THERE?
THERE? >>
THERE? >> WE'RE MISSING WHETHER OR NOT
THE STOP4@ WAS LEGAL.
WHY DID THE OFFICER MAKE THE
STOP?
STOP?
STOP? >>
STOP? >> THE STOP AND FRISK HERE IN
NEW YORK CITY IS GIVING THE
PUBLIC A4@ NEVER BEFORE SEEN
WINDOW INTO THE STOPS MADE BY
NYPD OFFICERS.
NYPD OFFICERS. HOW MANY OF THEM ARE JUSTIFIED?
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WITH
THIS CONVERSATION, THAT'S A
COMPLICATED QUESTION.
COMPLICATED QUESTION. THIS AUDIT RELEASED LAST
DECEMBER FOUND4@ REASONABLE
SUSPICION IN 71% OF NYPD'S 2017
STAUPSS.
STAUPSS.
STAUPSS. -- STOPS.
-- STOPS.
-- STOPS. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ABOUT
ALL THE REST?
>> IS IT FAIR TO SAY THEN THAT
30% WERE NOT JUSTI4@FIED?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. AND THAT'S THE LIMITATION OF
USING PAPER.
USING PAPER. >> Reporter: WHILE SOME OF THE
STOPS WERE FOUND4@ TO BE
UNJUSTIFIED BY SUPERVISORS WHO
REVIEWED THEM, OTHERS WERE
SIMPLY NOT ARTICULATED BY
OFFICERS CORRECTLY, MEANING THEY
WERE JUSTIFIED, JUST NOT
RECORDED IN A WAY THAT
DEMONSTRATED WHY.
DEMONSTRATED WHY. DESPITE ITS SHORTCOMINGS, HE
CALLS THE NEW STOP AND4@ FRISK
REPORTINGS THE SYSTEM NYPD
NEEDS.
NEEDS.
NEEDS. >>
NEEDS. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET NO
ARGUMENT FROM THE NYPD THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT
OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY AND TO
SHARE THAT DATA WITH THE4@ PEOPE
WE POLICE.
WE POLICE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR TRUST.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR
TRANSPARENCY.
TRANSPARENCY. >> Reporter: STILL, THAT
TRANSPARENCY COMES AT A PRICE.
>> WE DO WORRY4@ ABOUT AN OFFICR
ON PATROL TODAY, A LOT IS
EXPECTED OF HER.
A LOT.
A LOT.
A LOT. GIVING HER TOO MUCH PAPERWORK TO
DO, WE WORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE WANT TO FIND THAT SWE4@ET4@ T
OF TRACKING THE DATA POINTS BUT
NOT OVERBURDENING THE OFFICER.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE NUMBER
OF POLICE STOPS IN NEW4@ YORK IS
WAY DOWN, HUGE RACIAL
DISPARITIES REMAIN AMONG THOSE
STOPPED BY N4@YPD.4@
>> WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
DISPROPORTIONALITY, I THINK IT
NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, THEN WE
NEED TO REALLY GO DEEPER AND
SEE, OKAY, WHY ARE ALL THESE
BLACK MEN4@ AND WOMEN BEING
STOPPED?
STOPPED?
STOPPED? >> Reporter: MEANING NYPD'S
STOP AND FRISK REPORTING SYSTEM
JUST THE FIRST STEP IN A4@ VERY@
LONG ROAD.
LONG ROAD. A JOURNEY JUST GETTING STA4@RTED
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> NYPD DID TELL ERIC THERE WAS
ONE THING THEY WANTED EVERYONE
TO REMEMBER ABOUT STOP AND
FRISK.
FRISK.
FRISK. THAT YES, IT'S A PERFORMANCE
METRIC, BUT ONLY4@ ONE METRIC.
AND THAT SUCCESSES LIKE LOW
CRIME RATES AND POLICE OUTRE4@AH