NYPD Still Severely Underreports Stop-and-Frisks, Despite Court Oversight

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

NYPD Still Severely Underreports Stop-and-Frisks, Despite Court Oversight

13 years after landmark Floyd decision, NYPD continues illegal racial profiling with impunity

New York, NY – In response to the newest court-appointed monitor’s report showing that NYPD is still severely underreporting stops, Justice Committee Executive Director Loyda Colón (they/them) released the following statement:

“It’s been thirteen years since New Yorkers put the NYPD on trial for their unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices and won, securing a federal ruling that the NYPD’s program was unconstitutional and that directly-impacted communities need to be part of developing solutions to end these daily, abusive and discriminatory violations of our rights. In spite of this, cops have continued illegal practices at high rates, and the NYPD as an institution has continued to show a blatant disregard of the law by refusing to discipline officers, supervisors, and commanders for non-compliance with the law and the Floyd court. 

Yesterday’s report demonstrates that the NYPD constantly finds new ways to skirt the law: under-reporting stops, failing to activate body cameras when required, recategorizing encounters to escape audits, and more. We’re now on our fourth mayor and seventh police commissioner since the Floyd ruling, and the NYPD is no closer to following the law than in 2013. The question now is whether this mayor will finally require the NYPD to finally stop their illegal racial profiling and abusive violence against Black, Latine, and other communities of color, or whether Jessica Tisch, the NYPD, and individual officers will continue to get a pass when they break the law.”

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About Justice Committee:

Since the 1980s, the Justice Committee (JC) has been dedicated to building a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City. The heart of our work is organizing and uplifting the leadership of families who have lost loved ones to the police and survivors of police violence.  We empower our community to deter police violence, hold law enforcement accountable, and build people-led community safety through grassroots organizing campaigns, community empowerment, political education, our CopWatch program, and by developing safety mechanisms and projects that decrease reliance on police. By building solidarity with other anti-racist, immigrant and people of color-led organizations, the Justice Committee seeks to contribute to a broad-based movement for racial, social, and economic justice.