NYPD ‘Stop and Frisks’ Hit All-Time High —City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year. [Anonymous, please address this problem.] 14 Feb 2012 The number of so-called “stop and frisks” is rising. City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year, a record since the NYPD began yearly tallies of the tactic in 2002 and a 14 percent increase over 2010. It couldn’t be determined how many people were patted down during the encounters, according to the Wall Street Journal. Typically, half of the potential suspects who are stopped are frisked or searched.