requiring NYPD cops to file reports on all low-level investigative stops with New Yorkers officially kicked off Monday — and rank-and-file officers weren’t happy.
Those broad reports counting the lowest levels of stops won’t apply to Level 2 encounters, in which cops ask accusatory questions or seek consent for a search, the order states. The internal order makes clear that cops don’t have to report on casual encounters with the public unless officers develop reasons to collect information or suspicion that a crime has been committed.“An investigative encounter does not include a casual conversation between a member of the Department and a member of the public,” it states.
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