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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2017

NYPD Plans to Outfit All 23,000 Patrol Officers With Body Cams

New York City police plan to put body cameras on all 23,000 of its patrol officers by 2019, and agreed to a five-year $6.4 million contract with Vievu for 5,000 body cameras and a cloud-based storage system.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2017

Philly Police Implementing First Tattoo Policy

Directive 6.7 is scheduled to take effect March 1 and will prohibit Philadelphia officers from having any tattoos that are "offensive, extremist, indecent, racist or sexist while on duty," according to a copy of the policy.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2017

Boston Officers' Personal Vehicles Tampered With

The Boston Police Department issued an alert to officers this week after discovering that the personal vehicles of four officers had been tampered with, according to a police spokesman.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2017

Video: Off-Duty NYPD Officer Killed, Sergeant Critically Injured in Car Crash

NYPD rookie Officer Bianca Bennett, 27, died in a late-night crash when a speeding car driven by a fellow officer careened into a tree stump, flipped upside down, and burst into a fireball.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2017

NY Officer, Firefighter Rescue Driver from Fiery Crash

An off-duty police officer and volunteer firefighter are being called "guardian angels" after authorities say they rescued a woman from a fiery crash on the Long Island Expressway.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2017

NY Corrections Officers Attacked by Inmates, 6 Injured

Six corrections officers at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, NY, suffered minor injuries Tuesday after being attacked by three inmates, according to a statement from the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association Inc.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2017

Police Union, New York City Agree on Raises and Body Camera Use

The NYPD’s largest police officer union has reached a $1.88 billion tentative deal with the de Blasio administration that increases the average rank-and-file officer’s salary by 11.73 percent and requires all patrol cops to wear body cameras by 2019.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2017

Corrections Sgt. Found Dead After Police End Delaware Prison Hostage Standoff

Delaware State Police used a backhoe to breach a building at the state's largest prison early Thursday, ending what the governor called a "torturous" hostage standoff that left one guard dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2017

Video: Inmates Holding Guards Hostage at Delaware Prison

Delaware prisons were locked down Wednesday as authorities responded to a hostage situation at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, the state's maximum security prison in Smyrna.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2017

NYPD Deputy Chief Dies from 9/11-Related Cancer

An NYPD chief has died of 9/11-related brain cancer after a long struggle, officials said Tuesday.

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