Well, this is terrifying, if inevitable: the NYPD is testing Google Glass to see whether cops could use the wearable technology while on patrol. “We signed up, got a few pairs of the Google glasses, and we’re trying them out, seeing if they have any value in investigations, mostly for patrol purposes,” a police official […]
The NYPD’s latest big internal investigation was not sparked by some unwarranted stop-and-frisk, or the bloodying of an 84-year-old man, but a couple of empty beer cans found in a stationhouse. Alcohol is banned on police property under a rule instituted by former commissioner, so when a captain found four empty Budweisers in the dormitory […]
A 26-year-old woman died after she was struck by an ambulance and then hit by a car on West 96th Street in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The NYPD responded by issuing summonses… to pedestrians. According to CBS reporter Sonia Moghe, cops were at that location earlier today giving out tickets for jaywalking. The […]
Sleeping on the job is apparently a large enough issue for the NYPD that certain lieutenants, dubbed “integrity control officers,” are in charge of keeping and monitoring a list of places in the precinct that are off-limits to cops for fear that they might catch a quick nap. Each morning, the integrity control officer patrols […]
The latest tools in the New York Police Department’s youth-arresting, gang-fighting arsenal are YouTube and SoundCloud, according to a New York Times report detailing how the NYPD uses rap videos to investigate shootings. “It’s a double-edged sword,” says Patrice Nelson, who manages several local rappers, about the police surveilling music. “If you have that much passion and […]
On July 4 of last year, NYPD officers stormed a Crown Heights barbecue, spraying mace into the crowd, entering private property without a warrant or the owner’s permission, beating people, and making several arrests. Two videos, one uploaded to YouTube at the time and the other published today, show the chaos and violence as it […]
One month of its instatement, the NYPD’s blackout on local crime news is still in effect. In December, the department stopped allowing precincts to provide information about crime to reporters, instead funneling all requests through the office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information, effectively cutting off information about local crime. Brooklyn Daily and Gothamist dug into the […]
A new lawsuit–filed by the family of a man who was killed by NYPD officers last year–hopes to improve the department’s capacity to dealing with the mentally ill. Mohamed Bah was shot and killed by officers after his mother called 911 to help him get to the hospital and treat his depression. She wasn’t expecting […]
By many accounts, Zuccoti Park is much quieter today, on the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, than it was last year or during the movement’s 2011 inception. Still, that hasn’t stopped police from harassing protesters like they always do, or from taking advantage of a 150-year-old law that allows them to arrest anyone wearing […]
To mark the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, documentarian Paul Sullivan released this film he made of the protests and police response that happened last year. The footage is infuriating, as cops repeatedly violently grab peaceful protesters out of the crowd, throw them to the ground, and cuff them. At the end of the […]
