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Gangs
Gangs and the Projects
As a gang investigator, I found that when my case involved project gangs or when the crime occurred in or near the projects, the Housing Authority or Housing Police were the best source for information.
September 22, 2008
Special Units
Dozens of Gang Suspects Held in Raids in Manhattan
Police officers in body armor swooped into two Manhattan housing projects at dawn on Wednesday in simultaneous raids. In all, 40 people were arrested.
June 4, 2014
Patrol
N.Y. DA Halts Prosecution of Trespassers
The Bronx district attorney's office is no longer prosecuting people who were stopped at public housing projects and arrested for trespassing, a stop-and-frisk tactic widely used by the New York Police Department.
September 27, 2012
Patrol
San Francisco DA Files Homicide Charges Against Former Officer for OIS
Christopher Samayoa was days out of the Police Academy when he shot 42-year-old Keita O’Neil in the head during a police pursuit near the Alice Griffith housing projects on Dec. 1, 2017.
November 23, 2020
Special Units
Atlanta's Street Gangs Emerged from Projects
Two street gangs in particular—the International Robbing Crew, one of the more violent in Atlanta's history, and 30 Deep, currently one of the city's most criminally prolific—have come to prove that Atlanta gangs are now different creatures.
June 6, 2013
Patrol
NYPD Officer Shot In Chest Saved By Vest
A New York Police Department officer survived a point-blank gunshot to chest that was stopped by his ballistic vest during a foot pursuit early Thursday. Officer Brian Groves was shot at about 3:30 a.m. while chasing a suspect down the stairwell inside the Seward Park Housing Facility projects in Manhattan.
July 4, 2012
Gangs
What Really Happened During the Rodney King Riots
For several months prior to the riots, intelligence reports rolled across my desk about activity in the Jordan Downs, Imperial Courts, and Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects. Drug dealers were financing meetings of gang members from rival gangs, and these meetings were being arbitrated by OGs (veteran gang members) or the Fruit of Islam, Black Muslim security units.
July 3, 2008
Patrol
NYPD Expands Defibrillator Program
Since starting to use defibrillators in 1997, NYPD officers have saved 54 people using them. Only 1 to 2 percent of people who suffer a cardiac arrest survive.
August 15, 2010
Training
NYPD Commissioner, Mayor Turn Down Hiring 1,000 Officers
NYPD top cop Bill Bratton rejected the City Council’s proposal to hire 1,000 new officers - saying he’d rather have the money to give police officers raises - while his boss Mayor de Blasio also shot down the idea.
April 24, 2014
Patrol
DOJ Denied Request for $3 Million for LAPD Community Policing
The U.S. Department of Justice hasn’t said why the LAPD didn’t receive any of the $98 million in grants recently awarded to scores of law enforcement agencies across the nation. But some LAPD officials believe it was retaliation.
December 5, 2017
Training
Cops' Cancer Foundation a Personal Investment
A non-profit organization founded and run by San Jose police officers will host a holiday celebration for children being treated for cancer in the California Bay Area.
December 7, 2005
Special Units
Red Cross Stops Seeking Sept. 11 Fund Donations
WASHINGTON -- The American Red Cross has raised enough money to help victims of the terrorist attacks and will stop asking for donations, its interim chief executive says.
October 30, 2001
Patrol
Video: 2 NYPD Officers Shot in Bronx Public Housing Complex
Authorities say two NYPD officers have been shot and wounded by a gunman they encountered in the stairwell of a South Bronx public housing project they were patrolling, and the gunman has killed himself.
February 5, 2016
Patrol
Officer Nominated for HAIX Hero of the Month for Albany, GA, Community Projects
Ptl. Travis Goodson has served Albany for nearly four years and his service has gone far beyond the standard duties of a law enforcement officer.
July 16, 2018
Patrol
Feds Consider Racial Probe of LASD for Housing Checks
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department may face a federal civil rights probe that will look into claims that Antelope Valley deputies harassed black residents living in government-subsidized housing.
August 21, 2011
Technology
PVS-14 New Battery Housing
Night Vision Depot
All PVS-14s manufactured by Night Vision Depot (NVD) now use a brand new battery housing that will cut off power to the PVS-14 when the unit is flipped up in a head or helmet mount. It will turn back on once the unit is flipped back down into viewing position.
February 25, 2010
Patrol
FLEOA Defends DEA Administrator Leonhart Against the Marijuana Policy Project’s Petition
Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced its full support for the leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and slammed the Marijuana Policy Project's (MPP) petition that calls for President Obama to replace her because she disagreed with Obama's comments.
January 27, 2014
Patrol
NYPD Housing Officer Dies From Fire Injuries
Officer Dennis Guerra, a married father of four, was pronounced dead at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx at 6:50 a.m. He never regained consciousness after the fire.
April 8, 2014
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