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A 25-year-old man dressed as Spiderman allegedly struck an officer attempting to arrest him for causing a disturbance over payment for a photograph.
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A senior NYPD official said one change under discussion was the expanded use of Taser stun guns, which are available to a small number of New York officers but have been controversial there and elsewhere because of the risk they can pose to people with heart problems and other medical issues
Read More →Every New York Police Department officer will be retrained in the use of force following the death of a Staten Island man after an officer subdued him with an apparent chokehold, Commissioner William Bratton said Tuesday.
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“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
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A man punched an off-duty NYPD detective on a subway platform, leaving him with bleeding on the brain. Police have released a sketch of the suspect.
Read More →Under terms of a budget agreement reached Thursday, the city will spend $6 million to hire 200 civilian workers for desk jobs currently done by officers. Those cops will then be moved into enforcement roles.
Read More →Police officers in body armor swooped into two Manhattan housing projects at dawn on Wednesday in simultaneous raids. In all, 40 people were arrested.
Read More →The NYPD command staff has sent out a questionnaire for officers to anonymously answer about their job knowledge.
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Rodriguez had been hospitalized since April 6 when she and Officer Dennis Guerra responded to a fire on the 13th floor of 2007 Surf Ave. in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn.
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Under the new graffiti protocols, cops are instructed to photograph the vandalism, “box it out” and paint over it “in a professional manner,” according to an internal memo.
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