New York City is typically high on any list of possible terrorism targets for big public holidays and national events, and this year's election brings an added need for security as the two top presidential candidates will have their election night parties there, blocks away from each other.
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A recruit who opened fire on the suspect during the Bronx shootout that claimed the life of Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo on Friday had been in the Police Academy for only two months.
Read More →Rich Simons, the YPBA president and a YPD patrolman, said he found the new policy restrictive and the 30-day time frame most troubling. He said the University cannot expect officers to pass the test in such a short period without providing them with a reliable location to practice shooting.
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A Billerica, MA, man wanted for allegedly striking and dragging an officer with a minivan Friday turned himself in to police without further incident on Saturday afternoon.
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The NYPD sergeant wounded while pursuing a burglary suspect in the Bronx Friday was released from the hospital Saturday morning, as the sergeant who was shot and killed during the incident was being mourned.
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A Massachusetts police lieutenant is on a mission to train fellow officers how to interact with those on the Autism spectrum, like his son.
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Ann Assumpico, a state police captain, was appointed colonel Thursday by Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo. Assumpico becomes the 13th superintendent of the state police and also becomes the first woman to lead any police agency in Rhode Island.
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An NYPD sergeant was killed in a shootout with a home invasion suspect in the Bronx, and a second sergeant was wounded.
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A jury has convicted a man of beating and severely injuring an off-duty NYPD sergeant in Queens, officials said Thursday.
Read More →Beginning Thursday, the Springfield (MA) Police Department will encrypt its police radio transmissions, with the scrambling of messages on private scanners intended to protect officer safety, according to a department spokesman.
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