ACLU-DC v. District of Columbia – Challenging D.C. Police’s Failure to Release Stop-and-Frisk Data
The Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act, enacted in March 2016, included a key provision requiring the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to collect detailed and comprehensive data about stop-and-frisks that police carry out, including the race of the person being stopped.