Police officers pressured to conduct stop-and-frisks: Criminal justice professor

PHOTO: Craig Warga/New York Daily News
Eli Silverman of John Jay College leaves Manhattan
Federal Court after testifying in the stop and frisk trial.
April 4th, 2013.

Professor Eli Silverman said the pressure grew significantly after the NYPD began using the COMPSTAT system to fight crime, according to his survey of more than 1,900 former cops.
By Robert Gearty / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 5, 2013, 9:12 PM

 A criminal justice professor testified Friday about a study he conducted in 2012 in which retired cops said they felt pressured to conduct stop-and-frisks when they were on the job.

Eli Silverman said the pressure grew significantly after the NYPD began using the COMPSTAT system to fight crime, according to his survey of more than 1,900 former cops.

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Silverman was testifying in a class-action lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court that claims the NYPD’s controversial policy targets minorities for illegal stops.

Earlier, a lawyer said experts will testify that when they analyzed crime suspect data they found race as a predictor of who is stopped “virtually disappears.  <a href=" http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-pressured-frisk-professor-article-1.1309239?localLinksEnabled=false">  READ MORE </a>