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After 1,524 Stop-And-Frisks, Not A Single Gun Found In Marlboro Projects


by on Jul 24th, 2012

WNYC created a map that points to the number of stop-and-frisks in relation to the number of gun seizures and numbers don’t quite seem to add up.

WNYC “located all the ‘hot spots’ where stop and frisks are concentrated in the city, and found that most guns were recovered on people outside those hot spots—meaning police aren’t finding guns where they’re looking the hardest.”

In Bensonhurst, police stopped citizens 1,524 times near the Marlboro Houses. Not a single one of those searches gave way to police finding a gun.

Instead, one gun was recovered at Bath Beach Park and another at the Avenue P F-train station.

Commissioner Raymond Kelly and other supporters of the stop-and-frisk process, say that it deters criminals from carrying handguns and that police frequent spots where violent crime occurs most frequently.

Advocates against stop-and-frisk say that it is a major waste of public resources as no guns are actually found in places saturated with cops.

The New York Civil Liberties Union writes, “The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices raise serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and privacy rights.”

Data shows that out of 685,000 stops in 2011, 770 guns were found. This says that only one tenth of one percent of all stops resulted in cops finding a gun.

Similar results to those found at the Marlboro Houses were also found at the Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses, as well as areas citywide in which the city focuses its stop-and-frisk efforts.

What do you think? Are current stop-and-frisk tactics effective?

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  • Chefmarty49

    there is nothing wrong with stop and frisk

    • Adrastos54

      yes there is. it is wrong, what are you a moron???

      I had it done to me right in front of my building, i was coming home from a walk with my friend and they jumped out of a van, made us stand against a car and put thier disgusting hands in my pockets.

      my friend had his brothers badge from nassau County sherrif deot, once they saw that they let us alone to say, have a nice night.

      are you kidding me, it was humiliating, asking us if we had anything on us….no, we didnt, were are 2 middle age men, and I cant helo the way i look.

      so no, it isnt right to stop and frisk without a valid reason, and these 3 pigs did not have a valid reason.
      we werent even talking loud….

      The police suck, they are never where you need them

  • vintagejames

    This proves that where people are likely to be stopped & frisked they learn not to carry guns. Mission accomplished! And money well spent on public safety.

    • Adrastos54

      then dont sell gun, then we wont have this problem then, now would we.