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In response to
"Groiny, this may be of interest to you. -- (link)"
by
znufrii
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very good article - thanks for posting
Posted by
Epiphany (aka Epiphany)
Mar 25 '16, 11:21
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Chicago’s police department has swung from a dramatically high rate of investigative stops to a dramatically low one. In the summer of 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union found, Chicago police officers made more than 250,000 stops that did not lead to an arrest – a rate of stops four times higher than New York City at the height of stop and frisk. The vast majority of those stopped were African American, and the ACLU found officers had failed to report a legal reason for the stop in half of the incidents they analyzed.
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In response, the department agreed to require officers to fill out a detailed, two-page form for every person they stopped, a requirement officers have complained is burdensome. Since the new requirements went into effect on 1 January, investigative stops have plunged 80%.
Representatives of the ACLU and the city’s police union said they did not think there was a direct connection between the decrease in stops and the spike in violence.
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