Is stop-and-frisk making NYC safer?

Posted on July 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

Nope. Look at the green dots, where guns were found, as opposed to the places people were stopped and frisked.

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One Response to Is stop-and-frisk making NYC safer?

  1. leftover | July 17, 2012 at 8:53 am | Reply

    The story…

    Out of more than 685,000 stops in 2011, about 770 guns were recovered. That means about one tenth of one percent of all stops result in the seizure of a gun.

    As usual, there’s more than one way the data can be interpreted. NYPD says it proves the policy is working.

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