Slain Police Officer Grew up in Immigrant Family in Inwood
By Gus Saltonstall, Patch
The first-year police officer who was shot and killed while responding to a call in Harlem on Friday night was …
NYC Mayor-Elect Selects Keechant Sewell to Become the NYPD’s First Female Police Commissioner
By Rob Frehse, Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN
(CNN) – New York City will get its first female police commissioner in the new …
The Bigger Problem Revealed by a Viral Fight Between NYC Police and Subway Riders
The altercation in New York City highlights a deeper problem — and mask mandates are a canary in the coal mine.
By Matthew Guariglia, historian of race, policing and state power
On Tuesday, a man named Andrew Gilbert approached two New York police officers in …
NYPD Gang Database Targeted By City Council Member
By Eileen Grinch, THE CITY
While the city Department of Investigation readies a much-anticipated watchdog report on the NYPD’s database of alleged gang members, …
It’s Vaccine or Test for NYPD — or Go Home Without Pay
By Tina Moore and Craig McCarthy, NY Post
Unvaccinated members of the NYPD will soon have to provide a negative COVID-19 test or be …
NYPD Sergeant Charged With Assault, Attempted Assault During Two Arrests
NYPD responds to a student stabbing at the Corona Civic Leadership Academy high school. Sergeant in the School Safety Division with responding officer. – …
A Federal Appeals Court Has Ruled in Favor of Releasing NYPD Discipline Records
On Tuesday, the 2nd Circuit rejected unions’ appeal to keep NYPD discipline records secret. ProPublica published thousands of those files last year. “The cat is not only out of the bag, it’s running around the streets,” one judge noted then.
By Eric Umansky, ProPublica
A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling allowing New York officials to release police discipline records …
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.
“When are people going to be held accountable?” asked NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha. A ProPublica review found New York has paid more than $1 billion in recent years to settle suits against officers, who are rarely punished.
NYPD vehicles parked up in a line in New York City. – New York City, USA – Circa October 2018 (Shutterstock)
By Mike Hayes, …
NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price
Some NYPD officers who police the sex trade, driven by overtime pay, go undercover to round up as many “bodies” as they can with little evidence. Almost no one they arrest is white.
NYPD counter terrorism police officer provides security in New York. – New York – August 27, 2019 (Shutterstock)
By Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, …
Why getting back to ‘normal’ doesn’t have to involve police in schools
NYPD School Safety Officer in front of school in Lower Manhattan. – New York – May 3, 2018 (Shutterstock)
By Stanley S. Litow, The …