NYPD ends tactic of prolonging stops to check for warrants


              A police officer sits in a car near the Brooklyn Bridge, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.  The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.” (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A police officer crosses the street near the Brooklyn Bridge, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.  The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.” (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A police officer walks into the 83rd precinct in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.  The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.” (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            New York City police department officers escort a handcuffed suspect to a car during a raid in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as "digital stop and frisk." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) A police car drives through the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.  The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as "digital stop and frisk."  (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
NYPD ends tactic of prolonging stops to check for warrants