The court-appointed monitor of NYPD stop-and-frisk practices has officially filed a new reporting form that encourages officers to write a narrative of the reasons for a stop instead of relying on checkboxes with overused explanations like “furtive movement.”

In a filing with Manhattan U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, monitor Peter Zimroth said the NYPD plans to requisition and distribute 50,000 of the new forms over the next four to six weeks. ...

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