An Action News Investigation looked into police stops to shed more light on who is more likely to be stopped, and why. Known as "stop-and-frisk," the longstanding policy in the Philadelphia Police ...

Police officers talk to students during a recruiting event at Temple University. Robert Klemko/The Washington Post via Getty Images Violent crime, and how to reduce it, dominated the 2023 Philadelphia ...

The controversial stop-and-frisk policy instituted by the New York Police Department in 1999 allowed law enforcement to stop any civilian on the street and search their person and belongings. The ...

In the late 1980s, the United States experienced an unprecedented spike in violent crime. Alarmed voters demanded action. Elected officials responded. One of those responses was stop-and-frisk ...

"I just got stopped like two blocks ago," said a frustrated Harlem teenager to the two police officers who approached him. This is the first recorded audio of a New York City "stop and frisk" recorded ...

Over the past month, stop-and-frisk has come to the forefront of the Democratic presidential race. The candidates have been quick to attack former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg for his relationship to ...