Alarmed voters demanded action. Elected officials responded. One of those responses was stop-and-frisk policing. Crime declines followed, and voters applauded. Time has not been kind to the ...

Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg consistently credited his administration’s controversial stop-and-frisk program as essential to cutting crime, but declines in felonies both before and ...

“In Chicago, they’ve had thousands of shootings. … Stop and frisk worked very well … it brought the crime way down [in New York City].” –Donald Trump THE FACT CHECKER | Trump cherry ...

In a Fox News interview Thursday, Donald Trump all but guaranteed that a victory for him in November would lead to increased use of stop and frisk, the police practice known to facilitate racial ...

Stop and frisk is a controversial policing practice that rose to prominence in New York City which supporters say saves lives by getting weapons off the streets, but critics say unfairly targets ...

This story is from “Stop and Frisk,” a podcast production from WHYY News and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get ...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacts to a federal court's decision on the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practice, and outlines the reasons for appealing. Photo: Getty Images.

The New York Police Department has dramatically reduced its use of stop-and-frisk since 2011, but the controversial policing practice once promoted by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg still affects ...

When the court struck down the city’s stop-and-frisk practices, we like many others howled that it would deal a serious blow to New York’s efforts to keep driving down violent crime.

NEW ORLEANS — This week, Senator John Kennedy called for the city of New Orleans to allow NOPD to use stop-and-frisk to prevent crime. We’re going to take a look at those statements and what ...