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Special Units

Arbitrator Rules NY Officers Used "Legitimate" Force in Protest Incident That Injured 75-Year-Old Activist

The officers — Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski — will be allowed to start working again, after the arbitrator concluded the two used “absolutely legitimate” force and did not violate department policies.

April 11, 2022

Patrol

NYPD Officers Rush 4-Year-Old Boy Who Fell from 6th Floor Apartment to Hospital

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

Patrol

NY Sheriff's Sergeant Dies of Medical Event on Duty

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

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NY Officers Rescue Women from Burning Car After Crash

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

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3 Buffalo Officers Wounded in Pursuit Shooting

The officers were in separate patrol cars and were shot at different locations during the chase.

March 30, 2022

Patrol

NYPD Union Slams Mayor for Allowing Unvaccinated Pro Athletes to Play While City Workers were Fired

The city's Police Benevolent Association said the Democratic mayor’s policy reversal, which will let Brooklyn Nets’ star Kyrie Irving play in home games for the first time, imposes a double standard in the city because mandates on municipal workers and other private-sector employees will remain.

March 25, 2022

Command

New York City Going Back to Some "Broken Windows" Policing

Adams summoned Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell and Chief of Department Kenneth Corey to City Hall on Tuesday to answer for the surge in bloodshed that left 29 people wounded ahead of his planned news conference on the NYPD’s new anti-gun units, law-enforcement sources said Wednesday.

March 24, 2022

Patrol

Officer Uses Tourniquet to Save Library Stabbing Victim

Officer Nicholas Vandemar entered the library, saw blood on the floor, and then a man crumpled up against the wall.

March 24, 2022

Special Units

New York Mayor Expands NYPD's New Anti-Crime Unit

Adams said that the unit, known as Neighborhood Safety Teams, made 31 arrests and confiscated 10 guns in the Bronx since it was reconstituted last Monday.

March 23, 2022

Command

NYPD Chiefs Working Crime Patrol in Subways

More than 100 chiefs — including one-, two-, three- and four-star chiefs — will be required to sign in and out with the NYPD Transit Bureau before and after their scheduled subway shifts.

March 16, 2022

Training

New NYPD Anti-Gun Team Uniforms Unveiled, Old Team Wore Street Clothes

Police sources have said plainclothes units were necessary to get the drop on people with guns because they blended in with the public. Police reform advocates, however, say those street clothes confused suspects as to whether they were cops or rivals.

March 2, 2022

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NY Trooper Alleges Sexual Harassment in Federal Lawsuit Against Cuomo, State Police

The trooper alleged Cuomo subjected her to sexual remarks and on occasion ran his hand or fingers across her stomach and her back.

February 18, 2022