Washington, Apr. 10 (ANI): A former top-ranked officer in the NYPD has admitted the number of stop-and-frisk incidents jumped by an astounding 700 percent since he took over the department in 2002.
Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, the highest ranking and longest-serving member of the NYPD, retired on March 27 after 44 years on the force.
He testified on Tuesday that stop-and-frisks spiked dramatically since he took over the department in 2002.
According to the New York Daily News, Esposito however said there was a massive drop in crime during the same time period.
Esposito testified in an ongoing class-action lawsuit against the NYPD’s controversial policing tactic brought by four black New Yorkers who claim they were targeted because of their race, the report added. (ANI)