An examination of NYPD Stop and Frisk practices using body-worn camera recordings
The study examined police encounters recorded by body-worn cameras (BWCs) between March 16 and May 15 of 2022. A team of retired New York State judges examined the recordings made by police officers and related documentation of those stopped by police, to determine their compliance with the Fourth Amendment, particularly as enunciated in the seminal Supreme Court case of Terry v. Ohio and the New York Court of Appeals case, People v. De Bour. Participating judges all had years of experience resolving Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues as trial or appellate judges, or both. The concurrence of two judges was required for the identification of an unreported stop or for a finding of constitutionality or unconstitutionality. ...