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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2009

NYPD Cops Hit by Ricochets in Attempt to Stop Pit Bull Attack

Three cops were hit with ricocheting bullets Wednesday night while blasting away at a pit bull attacking them in a narrow passageway of an upper East Side housing project, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2009

NYPD Seeks Teens who Attacked Children with "Drano Bomb"

The teenagers tossed a bottle, believed to be filled with a mix of Drano and other liquids, across South Eighth St. in Williamsburg on Sunday about 8 p.m., police and witnesses said. The stinging substance splashed several kids.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2009

NYPD Detective Convicted of Perjury, Faces Up to 7 Years in Jail

Detective Christopher Perino faces up to seven years in prison for testifying that he did not interrogate attempted murder suspect Erik Crespo. It turned out that the then-17-year-old recorded 70 minutes of Perino's questioning on his MP3 player.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithJune 12, 2009

Smart Guns Are Not Ready for Duty

What the lab tried to communicate to the NYPD was that the technology wouldn’t have prevented the Edwards tragedy. You see, the radio system will pick up any friendly gun within 600 feet. That means that when the other officers pointed their weapons at Officer Edwards their guns would have only told them that a friendly gun was in the general area. Well, they already knew that. They knew that at least three friendly guns were in the area. After all, they were holding them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2009

Security Tightened at Jewish Sites in New York Following Shootings at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Minutes after the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, uniformed NYPD officers appeared outside New York's memorial.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2009

Bell Sells Two 412EP Helicopters to NYPD

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the sale of two 412EP helicopters to the New York Police Department (NYPD) for use as air-sea rescue helicopters.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2009

Off-Duty NYPD Officer Killed by Fellow Officer in "Friendly Fire" Incident

An off-duty rookie cop chasing a suspected car thief in East Harlem with his gun drawn was shot and killed Thursday night when an officer mistook him for a criminal. "Police! Stop! Drop it!" cops from the 25th Precinct shouted at Omar Edwards, 25. As he started to turn toward him - the gun still in his hand - an officer opened fire, sources said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2009

NYPD, FBI Heroes Honored After Foiling Terror Plot to Bomb Four Synagogues

The cops and G-men who busted a gang of homegrown terrorists before they could blow up two Bronx synagogues got a big pat on the back Friday from a grateful city.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2009

Four Arrested in Plot to Bomb New York Synagogues

The FBI and NYPD busted a four-man homegrown terror cell Wednesday night that was plotting to blow up two Bronx synagogues while simultaneously shooting a plane out of the sky, sources told the Daily News.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2009

NYPD Adds 40 Hybrid Cars to Fleet

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) deployed 40 hybrid vehicles to help green its fleet of patrol cars, bringing its number of hybrid vehicles to more than 100.

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