Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said on Friday that city cops may be making “too few” stop-and-frisks.
The top cop, who a day earlier stood alongside Mayor de Blasio as he dropped the city’s appeal of a judge’s ruling that the practice is unconstitutional, made the comments at a promotions ceremony.
Bratton said the city has made approximately 3,000 stops this month — approximately 100 a day.
“From my perspective, probably too few,” he said.
Bratton quickly clarified, saying, “But again, it’s based on what officers are seeing and what they are reacting to. There is no number that you want to project toward.”
The commissioner on Friday also announced a reform to Operation Impact, a program started under Ray Kelly that placed rookie cops in crime-ridden neighborhoods during their first year out of the academy.
The graduates will now be coupled with experienced officers working largely on overtime and acting as mentors.
“It is a two-pronged program: It uses seasoned officers usually on overtime, and officers coming directly out of the academy,” Bratton said.