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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2008

NYPD to Use Cell Phone Images to Catch Bad Guys

Now New Yorkers can send images and videos from their phone to cops regarding crimes, and to 311 regarding quality of life issues.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

NYPD Dispatcher Allegedly Arranged Sexual Tryst With 14-Year-Old Girl

When the 56-year-old man arrived at the Philadelphia-area mall last Friday morning, FBI agents arrested him and found nine condoms, bottles of flavored lubricant, and a high-definition video camcorder in a bag that he had in his car.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

Woman Swipes NYPD Van, Crashes

A drunken woman unhappy with the service she received at a Manhattan police station stole an NYPD van Wednesday night and crashed it into two vehicles, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2008

NYPD Suspends First Officer Caught in Random Steroid Testing

On the hunt for juiced-up cops, the NYPD bounced an officer with just two years on the job after he was the first to test positive in new random steroid tests, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2008

NYPD Says Angry Brooklyn Man Sicced Pit Bull on Kids at Girlfriend's House, One Mauled

An enraged Brooklyn man tossed a pit bull into a basement full of terrified children Wednesday, using it as a "weapon" that chomped a 3-year-old boy, cops said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2008

NYPD Considers Equipping All Patrol Officers with TASERs

The New York Police Department is considering giving stun guns to officers who walk the city's streets, a police spokesman said on Wednesday, prompting calls for restraint from a human rights group. Spokesman Paul Browne said police supervisors started carrying a compact version of the stun gun, which incapacitates people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2008

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Thug, Wounds One to Prevent Robbery Attempt at Posh Chinatown Condo

An off-duty NYPD detective shot one razor-wielding robber dead and badly wounded another at a luxury condo building in Chinatown Wednesday night, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2008

Arbitration Panel Gives Raise to NYPD Officers

Ending a protracted labor dispute, an arbitration panel on Monday awarded New York City’s roughly 23,000 police officers a retroactive 9.7 percent raise over two years and significantly increased the low starting pay for recruits by $10,781.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2008

NYPD to Star at New Law Enforcement Museum

When the National Law Enforcement Museum opens in Washington, D.C., in three years, New York's Finest, and some of the NYPD's most notorious, will greet visitors.

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Crime Blooms in the Spring and SWAT Answers the Call for Crime Suppression

A growing number of tactical teams are increasingly becoming involved in crime suppression. Some established teams have been doing crime suppression for many years, including LAPD SWAT, SFPD SWAT, and NYPD ESU. Advantages of using SWAT for crime suppression include putting them out on the street, available to respond to crime and assist patrol. SWAT’s presence, tactics, and teamwork are highly effective in diffusing potential street confrontations, and are reassuring to patrol officers

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