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Weapons

NYPD Commissioner Bratton Blames Lax Gun Laws for Chicago Murder Spike

Bratton agreed with Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who recently said, "If we had the gun laws in Chicago that L.A. and New York have we would see our violent crime cut in half."

September 12, 2016

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Researchers Say 9/11 First Responders Showing Signs of Cognitive Impairment

Cognitive impairment, long considered a leading risk factor for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, has been detected in a significant proportion of people who served as first responders during the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, Stony Brook University researchers have found.

August 31, 2016

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Sheriff Clarke Named NYPD Union's Man of the Year

The largest union representing New York City police officers has awarded its Man of the Year honor to an outspoken conservative sheriff from Wisconsin.

August 29, 2016

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NYPD Officer Alerted Wisconsin Police About Imminent Attack

A 27-year-old man armed with two handguns approached a police officer in Wisconsin, but the incident ended peacefully, largely because an NYPD officer had alerted Wisconsin officers that the man had threatened violence against them online that day.

August 12, 2016

Weapons

NYPD Transitioning to a New Duty Holster

NYPD officials say the department's new Safariland 6360 ALS gun holster with an automatic locking system is more secure than its previous holster. The department started issuing it to all new recruits in June of 2014. The Safariland 6360 ALS was not in use by the officer who was attacked Tuesday and lost his gun to a suspect who killed an uninvolved bystander. More Here.

August 12, 2016

Weapons

Video: NYPD Transitioning to a New Duty Holster

NYPD officials say the department's new Safariland 6360 ALS gun holster with an automatic locking system is more secure than its previous holster. The department started issuing it to all new recruits in June of 2014. The Safariland 6360 ALS was not in use by the officer who was attacked Tuesday and lost his gun to a suspect who killed an uninvolved bystander.

August 12, 2016

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Video: Man Grabs NYPD Officer's Gun, Fatally Shoots Bronx Deli Clerk

A panhandler removed the duty weapon from a New York Police Department officer's holster and used it to fatally shoot a Bronx bodega worker as a late-night dispute over $2 exploded into a deadly street shootout, police said.

August 11, 2016

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Man Grabs NYPD Officer's Gun, Fatally Shoots Bronx Deli Clerk

A panhandler removed the duty weapon from a New York Police Department officer's holster and used it to fatally shoot a Bronx bodega worker as a late-night dispute over $2 exploded into a deadly street shootout, police said. More Here.

August 11, 2016

Training

NYPD Training Tactic to Secure Police Gun Rarely Works on the Streets, Expert Says

In the heat of battle, training intended to help officers secure their weapons often goes out the window, a police tactics expert and retired NYPD lieutenant says.

August 11, 2016

Training

NYPD Commissioner Bratton Steps Down

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, chief of the nation's largest police department, is quitting his high-profile job, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

August 2, 2016

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Cop Killer Gets Death Penalty for Murder of 2 NYPD Undercover Officers

A New York City street gang member was sentenced to death on Wednesday in the execution-style slayings of two undercover police officers in 2003 — the latest chapter in a case that's seen his original death sentence overturned, his behind-bars affair with a prison guard exposed and the massive cost of his defense questioned.

July 30, 2016

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NYPD Officers Save Life of Child in the Bronx

As an ambulance was still on its way, Sgt. Anthony Lombardo ordered the officers to take the child to the emergency room.

July 25, 2016