Sunday, February 04, 2007

Number of People Stopped by New York Police Soars

The New York Police Department released new information yesterday showing that police officers stopped 508,540 individuals on New York City streets last year --- an average of 1,393 stops per day --- often searching them for illegal weapons. The number was up from 97,296 in 2002, the last time the department divulged 12 months' worth of data

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