The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuitagainst the NYPD Thursday charging that officers were illegally stopping and frisking livery cab passengers.
The Taxi/Livery Inspection Program (TRIP), designed to prevent livery cab drivers from being robbed, requires that drivers consent to being pulled over by the NYPD. Those who engage in the program have placards that allow police officers to pull the car over and search the vehicle.
However, the current law does not extend to the stopping-and-frisking of passengers and the practice is therefore unconstitutional, the suit claims.
From the NY ACLU website:
The Taxi/Livery Inspection Program (TRIP), designed to prevent livery cab drivers from being robbed, requires that drivers consent to being pulled over by the NYPD. Those who engage in the program have placards that allow police officers to pull the car over and search the vehicle.
However, the current law does not extend to the stopping-and-frisking of passengers and the practice is therefore unconstitutional, the suit claims.
From the NY ACLU website:
