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The escapees are David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48. Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering Broome County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Tarsia who happened upon Sweat and others after they had robbed a firearms store. Matt was imprisoned for the kidnapping, murder and dismemberment of a man who had fired him from his job at a food warehouse.
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The New York City's narcotics officers are being told to stop arresting suspects over the age of 40 — a major strategy shift designed to target younger dealers, who are more likely to carry guns and use them.
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Before the procession, a solemn quiet was only broken by the sound of bagpipes as Moore's hearse was driven to the overflowing St. James Roman Catholic Church. A sea of officers in dress uniforms from as far as California, Louisiana and Canada lined the street in salute. More Here.
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Before the procession, a solemn quiet was only broken by the sound of bagpipes as Moore's hearse was driven to the overflowing St. James Roman Catholic Church. A sea of officers in dress uniforms from as far as California, Louisiana and Canada lined the street in salute.
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Katarzyna Erario, a three-year member of the force from Manhattan’s 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights, was hiking with a male friend in Minnewaska State Park Preserve on Monday when she fell about 50 feet through a hole in the ground.
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“When the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” he said. “When the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk. And that has to be respected. There’s no debate about the fact that the announcements were made multiple times.” More Here.
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“When the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” he said. “When the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk. And that has to be respected. There’s no debate about the fact that the announcements were made multiple times.”
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Four Swedish police officers took a break from their New York vacation to answer the call of duty Wednesday, breaking up an out-of-control fight between two homeless men on a Manhattan subway train.
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Created in 2011 following a pilot program, the current evaluation program, known as Quest for Excellence, requires the city’s nearly 35,000 officers to fill out daily and monthly activity reports measuring their productivity in terms of hours worked, arrests made, summonses issued and reports prepared—including reports detailing the stop-and-frisk tactic.
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Almost four months to the day after they were killed in their patrol car while in the line of duty in Brooklyn, the families of slain NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu made an emotional visit to Citi Field for the Mets' home opener in New York Monday.
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