In New York City, between 2012 and 2018, the number of police stop-and-frisks of suspects:
A) increased substantially.
B) decreased substantially.
C) remained the same.
D) fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year.
E) remains unknown and unknowable.

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According to data from the New York Police Department, the number of stop-and-frisks in 2012 was 533,042. By 2018, that number had decreased to 11,008, marking a substantial decrease in the use of this controversial policing tactic.

In New York City, Between 2012 and 2018, the Number