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Police say nearly 138,000 people were stopped and questioned in the third quarter of this year, or 15 percent more from this time last year.

However, only seven percent of those stopped were given a summons and just six percent were arrested.

"The numbers are big here. In relation to the population we have, to the activities that go on in New York, I don't see the numbers being particularly disproportionate," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

The New York Civil Liberties Union says if police continue to stop and question people at this rate, 535,000 innocent people will have been stopped this year.

"It's overwhelmingly people of color, particularly African Americans who are stopped by the police and for doing absolutely nothing wrong. That's not our society and that shouldn't be our city," said Donna Lieberman of the NYCLU.

The NYPD says the NYCLU is spinning the statistics by defining an "innocent" person as someone who hasn't been convicted of a crime. Police also say that would-be criminals are deterred by the exchanges.

"Many of these are done because someone matches a description. You stop 30 or 40 people before you finally find the robber. Others are done because a police officer has reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed or a gun being possessed," said City Council Public Safety Committee Chair Peter Vallone. "They're not going to be right many times."

In response to complaints about the stop-and-frisk program, top NYPD officials said they were altering controversial aspects of the program on the recommendation of a public policy group, including informing people why they are being interrogated.