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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2018

Off-Duty NYPD Officer Saves Woman and Her Dog from Fiery Car Crash

Officer James Talbert came upon the burning Toyota lying on its passenger side on the side of the road. He used a glass breaker device on his keychain to shatter the sunroof and free the disoriented woman and her Yorkshire Terrier.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2018

Officer in Eric Garner Death to Face Internal Disciplinary Inquiry

In a letter to the Department of Justice, the NYPD said will has decided to begin its own internal disciplinary inquiry into the 2014 death of Eric Garner in police custody, regardless of whether or not the DOJ's probe into the incident is completed.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 6, 2018

New York Officer Shot, Wounded in Leg, While Executing a Warrant

The officer — a 32-year-old detective whose name has not yet been released — was struck by one of the bullets in the leg and rushed to a nearby hospital.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2018

NYPD Officers Reassigned for Taking Picture with Stripper

Two of the four female officers who posed with a male stripper at a Mother’s Day event in Upper Manhattan have been returned to regular patrol.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2018

Arrests Made in Murder of New York Police Explorer

Five suspects have been arrested in the brutal “mistaken-identity killing” of 15-year-old Lesandro (Junior) Guzman-Feliz last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 21, 2018

NYPD Unveils New Policy to “Reduce Unnecessary Marijuana Arrests”

According to NYPD projections, the new policy will likely reduce overall marijuana arrests in New York City by about 10,000 per year based on 2017 arrest records and patterns.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 20, 2018

NYPD Officers Can Sue to Keep Disciplinary Records Secret

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association lawsuit maintains that releasing the files violates Section 50-a of the 1976 state civil rights law—which bars releasing disciplinary files.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 15, 2018

NYPD Seeks to Improve Communication with Deaf Motorists

The NYPD has announced plans to mail out “visor cards” to roughly 11,000 drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing in order to more easily communicate with their officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2018

NYPD Defends Database of Suspected Gang Members

The New York Police Department sent detectives to a City Council meeting on Wednesday to deliver a message to the governing body that the database they use to keep track of gang members is essential in keeping gang violence tamped down.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2018

NYPD No Longer Allowing Veteran Officers to Carry Revolvers as Duty Weapons

The remaining 150 police officers — who all joined the force before 1993, when the .9mm semi-automatic became the department's service weapon — have until Aug. 31 to be trained on new guns.

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