Tag: NYPD
We knew this was coming, but still. Amid the hubbub over Carlos Danger and his sexting problem, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the Community Safety Act, a package of bills that would bring new independent oversight to the NYPD. The legislation passed with a veto-proof majority last month, and Bloomberg vowed a veto immediately, targeting council members […]
Forgive Ray Kelly if he’s feeling a little under attack lately. After President Obama suggested the NYPD Commissioner would make a good candidate for Secretary of Homeland Security, people have been coming out of the woodwork in protest–there have been demonstrations, editorials in major newspapers, and criticism from mayoral candidates. Now, Kelly is striking back […]
According to the New York Times, Paul Browne announced that he’s leaving the force. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Public Information in 2004 and has been spinning stories ever since. In many ways, Browne acted more like a spokesperson for the police union than a public servant who is supposed to be providing factual […]
Cyclists are legally allowed to ride outside of bike lanes in the city when they see fit and yet countless cyclists continue to be cited by the NYPD for this so-called offense. Dan Connor, 29, is one those people. He received two tickets in just over two weeks. One of the officers jotted down “Failure […]
For all the haters who say the Internal Affairs Bureau doesn’t do enough to investigate and stamp out corruption in the NYPD, get this: according to a police source contacted by the Daily News, the bureau is coming down hard on two officers involved in one of the most pressing, flagrant issues facing the department today: a […]
It’s no secret that Michael Bloomberg hates the Community Safety Act–the package of bills recently passed by the City Council that would institute an inspector general to oversee the NYPD and expand the definition of police profiling. The mayor vocally opposed the Act in the lead-up to the vote, and promised a veto and individual […]
Police shut down no less than 12 massage parlors in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst for alleged prostitution this week, arresting owners, managers and workers. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating whether workers were “victims of human trafficking, being manipulated or held against their will,” according to Brooklyn Paper, and whether a central organization […]
“Where’s the party at?” That’s how a cop addressed 19-year-old beauty queen Kristy Abreu and her mother after pulling them over last May in Harlem. A supposed computer glitch led cops they were driving a stolen car. What happened next was “the worst night of her life.” Current reigning Miss Westchester Kristy Abreu told The Daily News that she and her mother […]
At least two cops were caught displaying staggeringly low levels of self-awareness this month, when they were spotted by Tyler Sargent blasting Star Wars’ “Imperial March,” aka Darth Vader’s theme, while driving near Prospect Park. Sargent heard the ominous tune blaring “at a volume that surely must have drowned out any emergencies being dispatched from […]
As long as you stay off the highway, you’re more likely to get a ticket for riding your bike on the sidewalk in New York than you are for speeding in a car. That’s despite the fact that speeding is the most common cause of traffic-related deaths in NYC, with 81 fatal crashes in 2012, […]
