NYCLU: Names in stop and frisk database is illegal
(05/20/10) NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Civil Liberties Union says a database with the names and addresses of hundreds of thousands of people stopped, questioned and frisked by police is illegal.
The NYCLU says state law requires that records relating to a summons or an arrest be sealed unless the person is convicted or pleads guilty to a crime.
It filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
The database grew out of a 2001 law. It required the NYPD to give lawmakers quarterly information on people it has stopped. Last year, the total was more than 575,000.
Police use the database as a tool to investigate crime. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says he hasn't seen the lawsuit but reiterated the importance of the database.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
NYCLU: Names in stop and frisk database is illegal
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