NYPD and Urban Community: Forever Damaged?

My research paper for this class will be a look into the relationship between the NYPD and our urban communities.  I will look at different aspects like the stop and frisk policy and earlier events that eventually ruined the relationship between our communities and police force.  I always found it weird that my peers, myself included, feel more nervous when the police are around instead of feeling safer.  Why is it that as soon as we see a police we feel as if they are looking for any reason to stop us and arrest us instead of just trying to stop an ongoing crime? 

My first source that I am looking at is this website called http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices”.  In this website there are two links, “Stop and Frisk Data and NYPD Quarterly reports”.  With this data it shows me the exact numbers of how many people were stopped because of stop and frisk, arrest made, and ethnicity.  This will essentially let me be able to evaluate the numbers see how effective stop and frisk really is.  With the quarterly data starting from 2004, I can be able to see who is more on the receiving end of NYPD “crime solving” in New York City. 

My second source that I found is an article titled, “Judge tosses lawsuit by NYPD whistleblower Craig Matthews who revealed alleged quota system” .  This article will give more of an insight of what goes on with the NYPD side of this situation.  Also it reveals information about the quota system and how that ultimately forces cops to make arrest who some may seem as unnecessary arrest.  This can also lead into me talking about my own experience since I was arrested in the same precinct Craig Matthews previously worked for.  My third source will be personal accounts from willing anonymous officers, and people part of the urban community to give personal accounts of experiences with NYPD, do they think it can be repaired, if so , how?

Work Cited

"NYPD Quarterly Reports | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State." NYPD Quarterly Reports | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State. .NYCLU., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.

 "Stop-and-Frisk Data." Stop-and-Frisk Data. NYCLU, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

Schapiro, Richard. "Judge Tosses Lawsuit by NYPD Whistleblower Craig Matthews Who Revealed Alleged Quota System." NY Daily News. New York Daily News, 30 July 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.