A controversial NYPD programem gathering information on the local and regional Muslim communities has been stopped; citing the Mayor:
a critical step forward in easing tensions between the police and the communities they serve, so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys....

....a review of the unit – renamed the zone assessment unit in recent years – under the new police commissioner, William Bratton, found the same demographic information could be better collected through direct contact with community groups, officials said
Links:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...disbanded-nypd
and a longer report (maybe behind a registrationw all):http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/ny...isbanded.html?