Now, officers have to report low-level stops, including when an officer asks someone for their ID, where they’re going or for voluntary consent to search them.
Friendly reminder that it is not illegal to go out without ID, you don't have to provide ID even if you have it on you, you don't have to say where you're going or coming from, and it's entirely within your right not to consent to a search.
The police department and Adams opposed the bill. Adams on Tuesday said the legislation would “damage our ability to keep the city safe” by overburdening officers with administrative work.
If they were to reduce these unnecessary harassment stops, they would not be overburdened.
Love it. The express purpose of the law is to put additional burden on these "routine" low-level harassment stops and the complaint is that it is working as intended. The entire point is to make them think twice before trying to drum up pretext for further action.
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