NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question under new police transparency law
New York City police officers will be required to record the apparent race, gender and ages of most people they stop for questioning under a law passed Tuesday by the City Council, which overrode a veto by Mayor Eric Adams. The issue was thrust into the national spotlight in recent days when NYPD officers pulled over a Black council member without giving him a reason. The law gives police reform advocates a major win in requiring the nation’s largest police […]