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How the NYPD Saves Money On Vehicle Repair And Maintenance

Using salvage and by listening to new ideas from employees, the department’s fleet services division economizes with out-of-the-box strategies.

September 1, 2021

In the May 2020 riots more than 600 pieces of glass were smashed on NYPD vehicles, as more than 375 vehicles were damaged. Much of the replacement glass was salvaged from vehicles that the NYPD had removed from service because of wrecks.

Off-Duty NYPD Officers Shoot Suspect, Father of Gunman Picks Up Gun Fires at Officers

Off-duty officers, who’d just finished work for the day and were leaving the 46th precinct, heard the shots and shouted at the man to drop his weapon, police say.

August 30, 2021

New York Officers and Firefighters Head to Louisiana for Hurricane Response

Task Force One, the NYPD and FDNY’s Urban Search and Rescue team geared up and headed down south on Sunday as Ida was making landfall as a category four hurricane.

August 30, 2021

NYPD Issuing Its Recruits Pistols with Lighter Trigger Pull

The department used revolvers with 12-pound pulls until the 1990s, when then-Commissioner Raymond Kelly began issuing 9mm handguns. The manufacturer-recommended setting for the new pistols was a five-pound pull, but the NYPD kept the trigger pull at 12 pounds.

August 26, 2021

NY Trooper Dies on Marine Duty at Lake

At the boat launch in Fulton County, Trooper James J. Monda went into the water and did not resurface.

August 23, 2021

New York State Police Trooper James J. Monda died Sunday on marine duty. (Photo: NYSP)

NYPD Officer, Good Samaritan Pull Man Off Subway Track Seconds Before Train Arrives

“It (the train) was literally one minute away,” NYPD Officer Ludin Lopez said. “I just saw somebody who needed my help and I reacted. I wasn’t even thinking.”

August 19, 2021

Unvaccinated NYPD Officers Could Face Discipline for Not Wearing Masks on Duty

“Members who do not have official proof of COVID-19 vaccination on file with the Medical Division must wear a face covering at all times while working, whether indoors or outside, including while driving in Department vehicles,” according to a department bulletin.

August 18, 2021

Only 43% of NYPD Officers Vaccinated

An agency spokesman told The Post Wednesday afternoon 43 percent of its uniformed and civilian employees — or just over 23,000 of its total 54,000 workforce — have been vaccinated.

July 22, 2021

NY Officer Catches People Jumping from Second Floor of Burning Home

Officer Mark Conklin can then be seen running to the burning home where he found “children and an adult trapped in the upstairs of the residence,” according to the Jamestown Police Department.

July 21, 2021

After Law Removes NYPD from Commercial Enforcement Illegal Vendors, Gambling Hustlers Take Over Retail Area of Bronx

The March 2021 law moved enforcement away from cops and handed it over to the city Department of Consumer Affairs and Worker Protection.

July 21, 2021

NYPD Officer Saves Stabbing Victim Using Potato Chip Bag and Tape

Body camera video released by the New York Police Department showed Officer Ronald Kennedy placing the bag over the man's wound described by emergency personnel as a "sucking chest wound."

July 19, 2021

NYPD Officer Ronald Kennedy used an empty potato chip bag and tape to help a stabbing victim suffering from a sucking chest wound. (Photo: NYPD/Twitter)

Mount Vernon, NY, Police Vehicles Parked Over Unpaid Bills for Equipment and Parts

"We have bills going back to September, October, November. For car parts, tires that she has not paid," Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard said.

July 19, 2021

Mount Vernon, NY, Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard says the city's police are using vans as patrol vehicle because 'sector cars' are not available. (Photo: Fox 5 screen shot)

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