The recently announced NYPD pilot program that issues advisory palm cards to individuals who are stopped and frisked fails to address the concerns of innocent individuals who are subjected to a “stop & frisk”.  Furthermore, the pilot program does not address the individual justification for conducting a “stop & frisk”, but rather offers a generic non-specific generic list of possible reasons a person may be stopped.  An additional concern is the NYPD maintained database that contains specific detailed personal data of innocent uncharged individuals who were stopped by the Police.  Innocent uncharged individuals who are subjects of a “stop & frisk” are not informed that their information will be entered into the NYPD database and there is no notice of how individuals can have their personal information purged from the database. 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care™  co-founder Marquez Claxton states, “A majority of individuals who are subjected to a ‘stop & frisk’ are not charged with any crime or given a summons, yet their personal information is entered into an NYPD controlled and maintained database.  The New York City Council must establish clear policy regarding the maintenance and control of the NYPD ‘stop & frisk’ database.”    

100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care™   is requesting:

• Total # of entries in the NYPD ‘stop & frisk’ database
• Total # of individuals not charged with an offense who are entered in the ‘stop & frisk’ database
• Notification to individuals whose personal information is maintained in the ‘stop & frisk’ database
• City Council regulations regarding the dissemination & use of personal data maintained in the ‘stop & frisk’ database
• Establishment of a procedure for purging personal information from the ‘stop & frisk’ database
• Detailed receipt issued to all persons who are subjected to ‘stop & frisk’