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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2012

Official: Let N.Y.P.D. Sikhs Wear Turbans

New York City Comptroller John Liu has urged Mayor Bloomberg to modify the New York Police Department's dress code to permit Sikh officers to wear their religious articles of faith in uniform.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2012

Times Square Shooting Suspect Threatened Cops In 2008

The man who was fatally shot by New York City police officers after he lunged at them with a knife had threatened officers during a similar incident in 2008, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday during a news conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2012

S.F. Mayor Drops Stop-and-Frisk Plan

San Francisco's mayor has dropped plans to implement New York City's stop-and-frisk policy, after community leaders criticized the plan, saying it would lead to racial profiling.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2012

NYC Won't Defend Sued Officer

New York City has distanced itself from a high-ranking police official accused of firing pepper spray at Occupy Wall Street protesters, taking the unusual step of declining to defend him in a civil lawsuit over the incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2012

NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Fall 34%

The number of police stop-and-frisks has declined a whopping 34 percent between the first and second quarters of the year, officials said Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2012

NYPD Cop's Killer Was Police Informant

One of the three killers of a New York Police Department officer was a registered police informant at the time of the shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2012

Murder Rate Rises As Philly Controls Stop-and-Frisk

New York City leaders considering reining in the department's stop-and-frisk policy amid criticism from civil liberties groups have looked to Philadelphia for a possible model.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2012

NYPD Officer Shot In Chest Saved By Vest

A New York Police Department officer survived a point-blank gunshot to chest that was stopped by his ballistic vest during a foot pursuit early Thursday. Officer Brian Groves was shot at about 3:30 a.m. while chasing a suspect down the stairwell inside the Seward Park Housing Facility projects in Manhattan.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 3, 2012

NYPD Picks Ford P.I. Sedan As New Patrol Car

The city has entered into a preliminary agreement to purchase Ford's P.I. sedan or Ford's P.I. Utility for patrol officers. The NYPD's Support Services Bureau has begun developing a contract to purchase the vehicles from a New York dealer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 28, 2012

Pursuit Suspect's Family Sues NYPD

The family of a fugitive who was shot and killed by New York Police Department officers after a three-mile pursuit through the Bronx has accused the department of causing his wrongful death.

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