Subject: Frisks up as slays plummet Mon May 14, 2012 9:48 am
NYPD stop-and-frisks are up by 10 percent this year amid a staggering decrease in murders and a jump in weapons seizures, the department said yesterday.
The city’s murder rate has dropped by 21 percent — from 164 to 129 this year — according to police spokesman Paul Browne.
The NYPD has also seen a 31 percent increase in the number of illegal firearms it confiscated, compared to the same three-month period last year, according to Browne.
