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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2015

NYPD Announces New Unit to Patrol Times Square

NYPD has announced a new unit dedicated to patrolling Times Square following weeks of complaints about the panhandling tactics of costumed characters such as Elmo and Batman and topless women covered in body paint.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2015

New York Officers Shave Heads in Support of Cancer-Stricken Coworker

About 50 members of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, including two women, shaved their heads for Nichols, who has leukemia.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2015

Albany Officers Save Life of Shooting Victim

Officers Amy Forgea and Robert Lawyer are no strangers to life-and-death situations. On Saturday, they put their experience to work to save a 20-year-old shooting victim's life in West Hill, N.Y.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2015

NYPD Officer Shot with Pellet Gun Outside Mayor's Mansion

The officer and her partner were getting out of an unmarked police car near the mayor’s Upper East Side residence shortly after 7 p.m. when she “felt pain in the lower back.”

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2015

Two Officers Wounded, Suspect Killed in New York Shootout

As the backup officer, Officer Chad Klein, came into the area, the suspect began to flee, according to police. Comitale gave chase then the suspect and the officers exchanged gunfire.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2015

Video: NYPD Officer Wins Impromptu Pull-up Contest Against Neighborhood Teen

Conversations between NYPD Officer Stroman and the Brooklyn youths on his beat often touch on fitness. "This one young man asked me questions about my workouts, so I gave him a few pointers on technique," says Stroman. Before long came the challenge: a pull-up contest with an extra "bodyweight hold" at the end. Officer Stroman was more than happy to oblige.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2015

Video: New York Ex-Con Shot Firefighter, Set Home on Fire as Marshals Came to Arrest Him

A barrage of gunfire erupted around noon at the residence where suspect Garland Tyree had set an early morning fire — and then twice shot a New York Fire Department lieutenant after a failed arrest attempt.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2015

NYPD Spending $4.5M to Give More Officers TASERs

The NYPD wants to expand its arsenal of TASERs to give officers more nonlethal alternatives to their service weapons when dealing with criminals and mentally disturbed individuals.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 10, 2015

NYPD Officers Post Photos of Vagrants Online to Show Importance of Quality of Life Policing

NYPD officers fed up with vagrants making life miserable in the city are taking matters into their own hands — by snapping photos of quality-of-life scofflaws and posting them online.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2015

Bratton Says NYPD Officers Should See Body Camera Footage Before Questioning by Investigators

New York City’s police commissioner says he strongly objects to an inspector general's recommendation that police officers be prevented from viewing body camera footage before giving a statement to investigators.

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