Tag: NYPD
It’s always been tough to be a “showtime” subway performer in NYC, but more so now that the NYPD has been cracking down on them. So what better time to give them some love? Just like this documentary shows how hard subway dancers practice in order humanize them, a new video by FairEnds shows the […]
Both city officials and the media are going to notice when a high-ranking cop turns down a promotion after 28 years of service and quits instead. Ever since NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks III declined a promotion to first deputy commissioner, which would place him second in command, rumors have been swirling about the […]
A little after 9AM on Friday morning, an NYPD patrol car collided with a truck at the intersection of Bushwick and Flushing Avenues while trying to avoid a cyclist in the crosswalk. According to driver of the truck, Max, 59, the officer was heading east on Flushing Avenue and when the cop saw a cyclist in […]
Because New York City is actually a bleak 1980s-era simulacrum of a futuristic city on the brink of apocalypse, the NYPD have taken to announcing the reduced city-wide speed limit by blaring it from a large van. One Redditor caught the Bladerunner-esque scene on camera and shared this video, above. The New York City speed […]
It’s no secret that the targeting of subway performers has only increased since Police Commissioner William Bratton was appointed, and underscored the city’s need to enforce the “Broken Windows” policy. Among the many performers, though, is 5-year-old Nasir Malave, a talented dancer who roams the trains with his older brother, Marc, dancing to make money. […]
Crime in New York has gone down, but misdemeanor arrests are on the rise, concludes a comprehensive report [PDF] that culls through New York state and city arrest data from the past three decades. The New York Times reported on the 114-page study, put out by John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tuesday, describing […]
NYPD Deputy Chief Salvatore DiPace spoke with CBS this morning about the potential of a terrorist attack using increasingly available commercial drones. Chief DiPace says that an attack with a chemical weapon or a remote controlled gun are of particular concern. According to CBS, the wake up call to law enforcement around the world was […]
Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, condemned officers who helped Eric Garner’s mother change a headlight yesterday. After Gwen Carr received a traffic ticket over the expired light in question, an NYPD officer showed up to her house to fix it. Carr is the mother of the man whom the NYPD used a homicidal and […]
Had the four recently minted cops stationed at the Jamaica Avenue subway stop known that a man wielding a hatchet was about to lunge upon them, they would likely not have posed for a photo last Thursday. But no one could have predicted the nightmarish events that left two officers seriously injured, one bystander wounded […]
An NYPD officer has been stripped of his gun and badge after a video surfaced of him kicking a fellow cop in the head, reports DNAinfo. The plainclothes officer ran onto the scene as reinforcement while two other cops held down an alleged fare-beater. He mistook the officer for the suspect, however, before he delivered […]
