Pedro Serrano (police officer) explained

Pedro Serrano is a New York Police Department officer who testified against the department in Floyd v. City of New York, a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights over the department's stop-and-frisk policies.[1] [2] [3] He also made recordings of his superiors which suggested that the NYPD required arrest quotas from patrolmen which were used as evidence in the trial.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Officer Serrano's Hidden Camera: The stop-and-frisk trials of Pedro Serrano. New York Magazine. May 19, 2013. Jennifer. Gonnerman.
  2. Web site: The Heroic New York City Cop Who's Trying to Stop Stop-and-Frisk. Justin. Peters. Slate Magazine. May 22, 2013.
  3. Web site: Pedro Serrano, Second Whistleblower Cop, Testifies In Stop and Frisk Trial; Council Moves Toward Independent Monitor. Graham. Rayman. March 20, 2013. Village Voice.
  4. Web site: NYPD officers say they had stop-and-frisk quotas. Marina. Carver. CNN. March 26, 2013.
  5. Web site: Recording Points to Race Factor in Stops by New York Police. Joseph. Goldstein. New York Times. March 21, 2013.
  6. Web site: Stop-and-frisk trial: Cop's secret tape reveals boss ordered him to target blacks males ages 14 to 21. Robert. Gearty. Corky Siemaszko. New York Daily News. March 21, 2013.

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