Judge issues additional order in stop-and-frisk case
Former Brooklyn Federal Court law clerk appointed as facilitator
In a further attempt to reform the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has appointed a facilitator to oversee the community based remedial process.
In August, Scheindlin ruled that while it is not wholly unconstitutional, the NYPD’s policy to stop-and-frisk individuals based purely on a mere reasonable suspicion that a person had committed or was in the process of committing a crime, had been carried out in an unconstitutional manner and targeted an inordinate amount of black and Hispanic males. In order for the policy to remain in place, Scheindlin ordered that it be carried out in a constitutional manner.
To promote constitutionality, Scheindlin appointed an independent monitor to review NYPD policies and ensure that tactics and training adhere to the United State Constitution.