The law, passed by the City Council in the wake of George Floyd’s in-custody death, made it possible for officers to be charged with a misdemeanor crime if they do anything during an arrest that restricts a person’s breathing “in any way.”
May 20, 2022
The retired officer's son told the multi-millionaire that his father was a big fan of the show and of Daymond John.
May 20, 2022
“The Buffalo Police responded in less than two minutes after this incident began,” Mayor Byron W. Brown said in an afternoon news conference. "If not for their swift response and courageous actions, more lives probably would have been lost yesterday.”
May 16, 2022
Retired Buffalo Officer Aaron Salter, 55, was the first to defend lives and engage the shooter when he entered the Tops market around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
May 16, 2022
Police say the officers were responding to a call in Dyker Heights when a BMW driver failed to yield at an intersection.
May 9, 2022
Police say the man continued to charge and that's when one of the officers fired four shots, striking the suspect in the leg and shoulder.
May 6, 2022
Anna Torres, 51, was shot twice by a gunman who drew her to the door of her two-story, single-family home in Ozone Park at about 2:30 p.m., police said.
May 5, 2022
“We are going to start taking very aggressive actions to make sure police are patrolling our subway system and and not patrolling their iPhones,” Mayor Adams said. “You are going to see a visual difference in policing in the next couple of weeks,”
April 27, 2022
"My cops are getting hurt trying to recover your property that, if it was locked, we wouldn't be in this situation. I wouldn't have five cops that are out sick and maybe career ending injuries," Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
April 27, 2022
Newly released video of the heroic act reminds Officer Emily Healy how things could have gone badly fast the day she jumped into the water to save a woman.
April 19, 2022
Early Wednesday, police received a Crime Stoppers tip from someone who claimed they spotted the suspect at a McDonald’s in the East Village.
April 13, 2022
New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell released a description of the gunman. He's described as a Black man, 5'5" tall with a heavy build, wearing a green construction type vest, and gray hooded sweatshirt.
April 12, 2022
The boy survived the fall from the Patterson Houses NYCHA complex. He was alert but crying and appeared to sustain a leg injury.
April 7, 2022
At approximately 4 p.m., 39-year-old Sergeant Arthur Basher suffered a medical event. Deputies and medical staff from the Division of Correctional Health administered CPR and other medical measures but could not revive Basher.
March 31, 2022
The women shown in the bodycam footage were dragged away from the burning wreckage and transported to Strong Memorial Hospital for serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
March 30, 2022
media brand
The secure and easy all-access connection to your content.
Bookmarked content can then be accessed anytime on all of your logged in devices!
Already a member? Log In