The costs of mandatory overtime and abuse of the system have hurt the Police Department’s budget and pushed many officers to ...

Ulises Bohorquez, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in August, admitting his role in the clash that unfolded ...

A former NYPD sergeant who punched a man in the face more than a dozen times during a 911 call about an emotionally disturbed child has been convicted of attempted assault. Christian Zapata ...

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Some 6,000 NYPD cops have been stiffed out of millions of dollars in unpaid details for places like The New York Times and Target, according to a new class action lawsuit. The scores of officers ...

The new year marks a new look for the world's most famous New Year's Eve ball. The timeless Times Square treasure made its final descent Wednesday, coming down from its perch on a pole atop 1 ...

In the first incident, police say the suspect intentionally started a fire that damaged a parked NYPD car in front of City Hall around 2:20 a.m. on January 10. Minutes later, officers say the ...

Under the new policy, NYPD officers will only chase suspects involved in felonies or violent crimes and rely on “advanced tools of modern-day policing” to track other fleeing drivers.

New York City police officers will no longer engage in high-speed pursuits of suspects in low-level crimes in a move aimed at keeping civilians and officers safe, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

The policy, announced Wednesday by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, will prohibit vehicle chases for low-level infractions, limiting pursuits to incidents that involve more serious violent crimes.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police department is curbing its use of high-speed chases after finding that about one-quarter of more than 2,200 initiated by officers last year led to a ...

“The NYPD’s enforcement efforts must never put ... according to the site. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The ...