The NYPD has issued guidelines for stop-and-frisks that the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said are so restrictive that “police officers are going to have to travel with an attorney just to interpret these new...regulations.”
“Once again, the department and courts are putting responsibility for the problem that they created with illegal activity quotas on the shoulders of our members,” Patrick J. Lynch said after the rules were released March 2. “The end result is making a difficult job more difficult and dangerous for members.”
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