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hrmjustin

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Fri Jan 17, 2014, 01:32 PM Jan 2014

NYPD top cop Bratton says he’s ‘more or less solved’ stop-and-frisk issues

By Thomas Tracy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


Some minority communities that used to witness several stop-and-frisk incidents a day now see none, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday.

The city’s new top cop also noted a dramatic drop overall in the controversial practice took place in the waning days of his predecessor Raymond Kelly’s service.

“The problem has been more or less solved,” Bratton, who has been on the job two weeks, told members of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation at a symposium on how safe streets build strong communities.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-bratton-solved-stop-and-frisk-issues-article-1.1581457#ixzz2qg6PU86I

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