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Patrol

1 Dead, Several Injured as Car Hits Pedestrians in Times Square

One person was killed and at least a dozen were injured when a car struck pedestrians in New York’s Times Square on Thursday at about noon, according to the Fire Department.

May 18, 2017

Special Units

Officers Monitoring Facebook Prevent Gang Shooting Outside NY Court

NYPD officers grabbed three gang members planning violence outside the courthouse on Joralemon St. in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday after finding a Facebook Live video that showed they had a gun and planned to shoot members of a rival crew, police sources said.

May 12, 2017

Patrol

NYPD on High-Alert After ISIS Magazine Calls for Terror Attacks

The NYPD put officers on high-alert Friday after ISIS released the latest issue of its propaganda magazine calling on home-grown terrorists to attack the West and kill hostages.

May 8, 2017

Patrol

NY Man Dies Trying to Climb Down Bedsheets to Escape Police

A Brooklyn man who was wanted for the robbery of a livery driver died Tuesday while trying to escape police by trying to climb down bedsheets from the eleventh floor of an apartment building.

April 19, 2017

Training

Daughter of Officer Killed on 9/11 Training to Join NYPD

Brittney Roy lost her father on 9/11. Now, more than 15 years later, she’s preparing to follow in his footsteps as an NYPD officer.

April 14, 2017

Vehicle Ops

LAPD, NYPD Testing Pursuit-Rated Ford Hybrid Sedans

Law enforcement agencies in New York and Los Angeles will begin using a new pursuit-rated hybrid-electric police sedan that the automaker unveiled on April 10. Agencies can order the Police Responder Hybrid Sedan this spring, and Ford will begin delivering it next summer.

April 10, 2017

Technology

NYPD Releases Proposed Body-Worn Camera Policy

The body-worn camera procedure is the culmination of a yearlong negotiation involving the NYPD Inspector General, NYC’s respective District Attorneys, members of the New York City Council, Public Advocate, New York Civil Liberties Union, Civilian Complaint Review Board, Patrolman’s Benevolent Association, Citizens Crime Commission, and more.

April 7, 2017

Patrol

Man Convicted of Killing NYPD Officer in 1981, Dies in Jail

A convicted cop-killing militant who went to jail for shooting two NYPD officers and killing one on a Queens street in 1981, has died, officials said Monday.

April 6, 2017

Patrol

Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing NYPD Officer

Tyrone Howard, the man convicted of murder for shooting NYPD Officer Randolph Holder during a 2015 chase, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in a Manhattan courtroom filled with a sea of blue uniforms.

April 4, 2017

Patrol

NYPD Detective Dies of Heart Attack on Duty

NYPD Detective Shaniqua Osborne, 42, suffered a massive heart attack while working at her desk in the ninth precinct.

March 20, 2017

Patrol

NYPD Officer Dies of 9/11-Related Brain Cancer at 44

NYPD Officer Michael Hance died of cancer he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center. He was 44.

March 16, 2017

Weapons

Over 200 Firearms Recovered in NY Gun Smuggling Bust

Billed as Brooklyn's biggest ever gun smuggling bust, nearly two dozen people — mostly from Virginia — have been rounded up and arrested on charges they brought over 200 high-caliber weapons of all sorts into New York City, authorities said Wednesday.

March 9, 2017