Attorney General Issues Report on Stop-and-Frisk

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman weighed in on the stop-and-frisk debate Thursday, releasing a report based on information compiled from the NYPD. 

The report covered more than 2.4 million police stops from 2009 to 2012, and the more than 150,000 arrests that resulted from them. 

The findings, Schneiderman said, were revealing. 

He found that just one stop in 50 during the period led to an arrest for a violent crime or possession of a weapon, and that nearly a quarter of arrests made were dismissed before the person stopped was ever arraigned. 

Overall, only three percent of stops from stop-and-frisk practices led to guilty pleas or convictions for any crime. 

"My office's analysis of the city's stop and frisk practices has broad implications for law enforcement, both in New York City and across the state," Schneiderman said. "It’s our hope that this report — the first of its kind — will advance the discussion about how to fight crime without overburdening our institutions or violating equal justice under the law."

For more, check out the report at the Attorney General's website here.