More than Half of 2011 NYPD Reasonable Suspicion Stops Involved Blacks, Report Says

The New York Police Department conducted 685,724 "reasonable suspicion stops" citywide in 2011, with more than half of the stops involving black individuals, according to a report released Monday by the NYPD.

In Kensington and Windsor Terrace, however, Hispanics were by far the most-stopped demographic, comprising 53 percent of stops made in the 66th Precinct, and 81.4 percent in the 72nd. 

The "Reasonable Suspicion Stops: Precinct Based Comparison by Stop and Suspect Description" report for 2011 noted that in all of New York City, 3.6 percent of those stopped were Asian or Pacific Islander, 9.4 percent were white, 33.9 percent were Hispanic and 53.1 percent were black. 

The top crime suspected in stops was weapons possession, accounting for 25.6 percent of all stops, the report continued. All stops conducted equated to less than one stop per police officer per week among the 19,600 on patrol during the period. 

In the 66th Precinct, 3,827 reasonable suspicion stops were conducted, with robbery accounting for 34.2 percent of all stops. 

Of those stopped in the 66, which includes Kensington, 13.5 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander, 21 percent were white, 53 percent were Hispanic and 12.5 percent were black. 

In the 72nd Precinct—which covers Windsor Terrace—police made 6,977 stops, 31.5 percent of which were suspected robberies. Of those stopped, 3.6 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.3 percent were black, 81.4 percent were Hispanic and 6.8 percent were white.