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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonFebruary 24, 2011

NYPD's Aviation Unit

The NYPD's aviation unit deploys its high-tech tools and operates as a regional resource to provide mutual aid to smaller surrounding agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2011

NYPD's Aviation Unit Rescues Stranded Cadets

Capt. James Coan deployed a helicopter and crew upstate to an Orange County cliff side, where Officer Steve Browning hovered his craft in 30 mph gusts, while the crew hoisted the cadets to safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2011

NYPD Cop: Positive Cocaine Test Caused by Coca Tea

Alvaro Casado was fired by the NYPD in March. He challenged his termination, saying he likely tested positive because he drank Mate de Coca tea his girlfriend's mother gave him after he was in a car accident.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2011

NYPD Adds Rumbler Siren To Cruisers

The Rumbler senses the primary siren tone signal and reduces the signal's frequency by 75 percent. It then amplifies the sound through two subwoofers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2011

NYPD Cop Tackles Rampage Suspect On Train, Carjacking Details Emerge

NYPD Officer Terrance Howard grabbed Maksim Gelman, 23, after he hopped off the No. 2 train shortly before the Times Square station and crossed the tracks to board an uptown No. 3 train. On Monday, details emerged about how Gelman carjacked two men with a knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2011

Subject's Father Accidentally Shot During NYPD Narco Raid

Officer Andrew McCormack, 37, fired one shot while executing a search warrant at 7 a.m. for the arrest of Albert Colon, 41. The round struck Jose Colon, the 76-year-old father of the subject. He is expected to fully recover.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2011

NYPD Cops Should Have Ducked for Cover, Attorney Says

Officers Dawn Ortiz and India Archie were cleared of wrongdoing in 2008 by a police firearms review board soon after the shooting. However, Rita Bieniewicz, a prosecutor in the legal bureau, laid out the tougher disciplinary case against the cops in detail last week in an internal document.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2011

Parole Board Considers Releasing NYPD Sgt.'s Killer

Father Michael Levine, a retired DEA agent who now teaches police and lectures on undercover tactics and informant handling, has been active in raising awareness of the hearing and encouraging fellow LEOs to oppose Alston's release.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2011

Obama Signs 9/11 Health Bill

Obama took time out of his Hawaiian vacation on Sunday to sign the law that provides $4.3 billion in health benefits to the first responders, including NYPD officers, of the 9/11 attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 23, 2010

First Responders Cheer Passage of 9/11 Health Bill

New York police and fire responders who developed health ailments as a result of their exposure to the toxic fumes, dust and smoke of ground zero lauded the passage of the 9/11 health bill once named for an NYPD detective.

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