NY governor signs law limiting stop-frisk database

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. David Paterson has signed a law that prevents New York City police from keeping personal information in a database about people who are stopped and frisked but not charged.

The law was signed Friday. Critics have said information from such stops can lead to future police suspicion and surveillance.

But Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly had urged the governor to veto the legislation, saying the database helps to fight crime.

Paterson says keeping data on people who have not been charged or arrested is “not a policy for a democracy.”