Stop and Frisk Digestion

Nic Schwab

Stop, Question, Frisk

  • Started in the 1990s

  • New York City Police Practice

  • Leads to mistrust in the police by these groups.

Disclaimer: Personal Bias

I’m not Black.

I am Hispanic.

I look White.

I am not from New York City.

In this data analysis I will have limited perspective.

Disclaimer: Race

This is an acknowledgement that the construct of race exists and plays a part in the way human being interact with each other.

The Data

Here is NYC’s stop and frisk data.

Let’s consider 2011 data

  • Each column is a variable

  • and each row is a stop

The variable names are inconsistent across years.

SQF History

You found:

SQF Lab Solutions 2024

For comparison:

Here’s the demographics of NYC1:

  • Black: 23.4 %

  • Latino: 28.9%

  • White: 39.8%