Stop-and-frisk searches, one of the most controversial police tactics of recent years and a hallmark crime-fighting tactic of the Giuliani-era, are under scrutiny again. Investigators for the Civilian ...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has seen his poll numbers rise as he uses his vast personal wealth to run television ads and build a 2020 presidential campaign organization focused on the ...

WASHINGTON — Racial disparities in DC Police's stop and frisk program haven't improved since they began publishing data last year. According to a WUSA9 analysis of the latest data, black people are ...

In the late 1980s, the United States experienced an unprecedented spike in violent crime. Alarmed voters demanded action. Elected officials responded. One of those responses was stop-and-frisk ...

WASHINGTON — Metropolitan Police Officer Sean Lojacono is fighting his proposed firing Thursday during an appeal hearing after he was accused of allegedly violating a D.C. resident's constitutional ...

Employees at the National Security Agency follow the same standards as controversial “stop and frisk” policies when accessing phone surveillance data, intelligence officials said Tuesday. Though the ...

The state’s high court Monday ruled that people arrested after a pat-and-frisk search on the street have the right to challenge a resulting criminal prosecution on the grounds that they may have been ...

Stop-and-frisk search and school safety are both subjects of frequent public debate, but there’s a place these two issues meet that hasn’t gotten much attention: On the journeys of city students to ...