The New York City Police Department has adopted a Stop and Frisk program to ensure pedestrian safety and security entire city. Stop and frisk is a practice in which police officers stop and question hundreds of thousands of pedestrians each year and search them for weapons and other contraband. Those found in possession of illegal weapons or substances are arrested, taken to the police station for registration and, if necessary, summoned to appear before a judge at a later date. The NYPD's stop-and-frisk rules are based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Terry v. Ohio. The ruling in Terry v. Ohio has ruled that search and seizure, under the Fourth Amendment, is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and searches him without probable cause to arrest. If the police officer has “reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime” and has a reasonable belief that the person “may be armed and currently dangerous,” the arrest is justified. (Terry v. Ohio, 392 US 1, at 30). Although the stop and frisk program ultimately seems like a great idea and will help New York City residents feel safer while on the streets, there has been a lot of controversy with this program. The issue of racial profiling is widely discussed when talking of the NYPD's Stop and Frisk program. In addition to police officers targeting low-income neighborhoods, more stops include African Americans or Latinos than white ones. These stops often lead to a higher arrest rate of the 685,784 stopped last year, 92% were men and 87% were African American or Latino (Devereaux, 2012). When an officer stops a person in New York, the officer... in the center of the paper... using the program symbol, I believe that Bill de Blasio, who is preparing to fill Mayor Bloomberg's seat as mayor of New York City, has the right idea regarding the New York City Police Department's stop and frisk program. He plans to not only redevelop the Stop and Frisk program altogether, but he plans to focus on making the program “racially color-blind.” While making any program in the criminal justice system “colorblind” is not an easy concept, many regulations can be enacted to help ensure equality when precincting and conducting stop-and-frisks among New York civilians. The new policy may include rules that require the use of greater discretion in stopping a person. For example, trying to overlook the person's race and focus more on their origins, how they behave and/or who they surround themselves with..