Verkkothe new york city police department is lax in punishing officers who illegally stop and frisk people on the street, undermining efforts to curb wrongful use. Verkkopolice officers at the brownsville houses in brooklyn in june 2010. Verkkoofficers are disciplined either based on the recommendation of a panel at the city’s police watchdog agency, the civilian complaint review board, or after. Verkkono justices dissented in monday's supreme court decision that preserved the qualified immunity doctrine in two cases involving allegations of. Verkkosince the ruling, the department has claimed a sharp drop in stops since a high of nearly 686,000 in 2011. The nypd reported an average of around 12,000. Verkkoin claims of unlawful warrantless searches and arrests against police officers, the supreme court upheld the officers’ defense of qualified immunity in the. Verkkothe new york city police department is lax in punishing officers who illegally stop and frisk people on the street, undermining efforts to curb wrongful.