Stop-and-Frisk Policy Changes Coming

The NYPD's stop-and-frisk practice is being altered.

In a letter to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly outlined a number of procedural updates, according to a report in the New York Times.

The document outlines new and existing modifications in how the police department will administer, train and track officers who question people.

In the three-page document, Kelly listed a number of existing and upcoming changes including:

• The addition of 2011 data on stop-and-frisk encounters to the NYPD site.
• The executive officer of each precinct will now be responsible for a monthly audit of stop-and-frisk reports.
• The NYPD will try to identify officers who receive a baseline number of complaints related to stop-and-frisk and compare them to their peers.
• Production of a new training video for officers.
• The department has applied for a grant to expand community outreach.

Quinn, along with 45th District Councilman Jumaane Williams, have been .

Williams, D-Ditmas Park, welcomed the reform, saying in a statement that "there is a glimmer of hope that Commissioner Kelly may finally get serious about true reform to the NYPD's misuse and overuse of stop, question and frisk." 

"I have said that the first step towards solving this problem is admitting that one exists, and he admitted today that he has a problem with stop, question and frisk," Williams continued.