NYC notches 5-day period of no shooting victims for 1st time in 30 years: NYPD
The Big Apple has gone five days without a single shooting victim, a milestone not reached in 30 years, the NYPD announced Thursday night. “This is the longest we have gone without a shooting victim since the beginning of the Compstat era,” the department said in reference to the police management system it created in […]
‘Hard-working and motivated’ NYPD veteran cop dies after medical episode, hitting head on icy ground: sources
A “hard-working and motivated” retired NYPD officer tragically died Tuesday morning after suffering an apparent medical condition and hitting his head on icy pavement, according to law enforcement officials and the police union. did. Officer Hector Dillon was off-duty when he suffered an apparent medical emergency on West 120th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. […]
16-year-old girl punched in face by deranged woman on NYC subway platform: NYPD
Police said this week that a 16-year-old schoolgirl was punched in the face by a deranged woman in another random attack on the city's besieged subway. Just before 7 a.m. on January 7, the girl was on her way to school on the southbound platform of Manhattan's Union Square subway station when an assailant had […]
Pervert with 30 prior arrests and banned from subway nabbed again underground after sexually assaulting two women: NYPD
On Friday, a perverted parolee who had been arrested 30 times and was banned from the subway was arrested again underground after sexually assaulting two women, police said. The suspect, Cecil McKenzie, 53, of Harlem, was riding a train to the 14th Street/Union Square subway station in Manhattan around 9:30 a.m. when he pressed his […]
NY Times, Target ripped off up to 6,000 NYPD cops on paid detail: suit
Roughly 6,000 New York City police officers were forced to pay millions of dollars in back pay over articles in The New York Times, Target and elsewhere, according to a new class action lawsuit. Probably hundreds of police officers were trying to make a little extra money by taking advantage of the New York City […]
NYPD hunts for serial arsonist who set a fire next to sleeping Queens subway passenger
A masked serial arsonist brutally set fires next to sleeping subway passengers during a bizarre hour-long spree in Manhattan and Queens last week, police said. The fire first caught fire around 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 10 in an NYPD patrol car parked near City Hall in front of 254 Broadway, police said. Police say a […]
NYPD cops ordered not to chase some drivers who flee after spate of high-speed crashes
NYPD officers will no longer pursue drivers speeding onto roadways unless they are wanted for the most serious and violent crimes — under a new policy announced Wednesday. The revised policy, which goes into effect Feb. 1, prohibits officers from pursuing suspects for traffic violations, traffic violations and nonviolent misdemeanors, according to Police Chief Jessica […]
NYPD hunts for ‘Haggler After Midnight’ suspect who makes victims negotiate what he’ll steal
The New York City Police Department has dubbed the moped-riding, knife-wielding robber the “Midnight Hagler'' for his unique robbery techniques, and is searching for him as he becomes more brazen and violent in his arrests. The suspect has targeted 11 victims in Brooklyn and Queens since early November. Police said the victims are typically Hispanic […]
NYPD Commissioner Tisch calls for revue of car leasing program abused by top brass: sources
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is planning to overhaul the NYPD's car leasing program, which costs more than $1 million a month, due to concerns that higher-ups are overlooking a less visible program, according to sources. He has ordered a review. CRALO (Confidential Rental and Leasing Office) is a program that provides undercover vehicles to NYPD […]
Dramatic video shows NYPD cop shooting knife-wielding man in apartment building, as sources say language barrier was a likely factor
Dramatic footage shows the moment an NYPD officer opened fire on a knife-wielding man in the hallway of a Bronx apartment building after being called to the apartment for a suspected robbery, officials said. A 32-year-old Spanish-speaking man armed with a large kitchen knife was shot once in the torso Sunday evening on the steps […]