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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2008

NYPD Prepares for Times Square's Festivities

A phalanx of rookie cops - one day out of the Police Academy - will be out in force on New Year's Eve as police keep watch on the festivities in Times Square. And keeping watch over them - and just about everyone else - will be Sky Watch, the retractable NYPD tower that allows police to spot problems from blocks away.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2008

NYPD Probe Eyes Cop Car Chase in Fatal Brooklyn Hit-Run

Stacey Blount, 45, of Brownsville, was mowed down Monday night by a stolen 2003 Ford van as its driver led police on a back-streets chase through her neighborhood, top brass confirmed.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2008

Man Found Guilty of Murder of NYPD Officer Russel Timoshenko

A jury convicted trigger man Dexter Bostic of murdering Officer Russel Timoshenko Friday night, ensuring he will rot in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2008

Robert Ellis Acquitted of Murdering NYPD Officer Russel Timoshenko

An ex-con accused of the cold-blooded slaying of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko in a Brooklyn traffic stop was cleared of murder Wednesday night - a verdict that drew outrage and bewilderment.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 10, 2008

Three NYPD Officers Charged in Attack on Man in Subway Station

Three NYPD cops were charged today in the attack on a tattoo parlor worker who authorities say was sodomized with a baton at a Brooklyn subway station.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2008

NYPD's Kelly Will Keep Crime Rate Down Despite Budget Cuts, Fewer Officers

The NYPD canceled its next police academy class of 1,067 rookie cops to save $36 million, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told the council's finance and public safety committees.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2008

Budget Shortfall Forces NYPD to Cancel January Recruit Class

The city is going to cut the work force by 3,000 - including some 500 layoffs - and cancel January's Police Academy class to deal with a two-year budget gap that has grown from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, an administration official said yesterday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 3, 2008

Four NYPD Officers Contract HIV On the Job

Four NYPD cops have contracted the deadly HIV virus in the line of duty and were granted disability pensions, the Daily News has learned.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 3, 2008

NYPD Dumps Barack Obama Campaign Ads from Website

The NYPD yanked a free news service from the department's internal Web site yesterday after cops and union leaders complained its ads promoted Sen. Barack Obama.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2008

NYPD Lt. Who Ordered Fatal Tasering of Psychiatric Patient Commits Suicide

Lt. Michael Pigott, a 21-year veteran, shot himself to death just before 6 a.m. after reporting to work at the Emergency Services Unit headquarters at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, police sources said.

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