Number of NYPD Civil Summonses Issued By Race

Police officers have disproportionately issued summonses to Black and Latinx individuals, with the latter group gradually making up a larger percentage of civil summonses in the past 4 years.

Data from the first two quarters of 2025 show civil summonses on track to match or outpace the previous year.
Chart: Surina Venkat for BoltsSource: New York Police DepartmentGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper