From Jan. 1, officers will be required to fill out a new form that notes the demographics of the person driving the vehicle or bike, and whether any police action was taken against them.
NYPD cops will soon have to start recording the race, gender and age of every person they pull over during a vehicle stop – even cyclists, The Post has learned.
From Jan. 1, officers will be required to fill out a new form that notes the demographics of the person driving the vehicle or bike, and whether any police action was taken against them, according to an internal order obtained by The Post.Sources said the additional paperwork is meant, in part, to ensure cops aren’t wrongly profiling the people they are stopping.“As an officer, I’m definitely going to think twice about pulling anyone over.
The officer added that some cops were already hesitant to stop people — and the additional paperwork would just deter them even more. Cops are already calling on incoming NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell to put a stop to the new rule.“They’re all just saying, ‘I just won’t pull anybody over.’ Why would you when everything you do is going to be scrutinized? I’m black and I don’t even want to pull anyone over at this point,” the cop said.
The new paperwork requirement for vehicle stops is reminiscent of the UF 250 form cops are required to fill out on suspects, which detected high profiling during stop and frisks across the Big Apple a decade ago.
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