NYPD Union Rep Complains That He's Increasingly Afraid to Arrest People for No Good Reason
Can't bust some guy for smoking a joint on the stairs. What's the world coming to?
Can't bust some guy for smoking a joint on the stairs. What's the world coming to?
Not a good weekend for relationships between officers and citizens
Two of America's biggest states, New York and California, keep police misconduct info secret. That's starting to change.
Fatal shootings in Portland and Brooklyn demonstrate how fear pushes officers to escalate encounters.
In a case brought by two Muslim men seeking surveillance records on themselves, the court approves the NYPD's "neither confirm nor deny" response.
Suing to prevent such releases.
Officers could face charges for perjury, official misconduct
The two NYPD officers admitted they had sex with the young woman in their custody but claim it was consensual.
Case marks the first trial using Gov. Cuomo's order giving the state attorney general power to prosecute officers accused of killing unarmed civilians.
Repeat after me, NYPD: Instagram is not consent.
The database cost $25 million.
Evidence against broken windows policing.
"I'm just lucky to be alive. So many people died because of cases like this."
New York police officer to be arraigned for an alleged assault at a bar.
A desperate attempt to deflect accountability shows exactly what they think of themselves.
Domestic violence! False arrest! Proposing a sex-for-favors swap! This officer has done it all. (Allegedly.)
Emotionally disturbed man shot and killed before any trained professionals could arrive.
In case you needed a good laugh today.
Former NYPD officer Michael Rizzi is accused of running an upscale prostitution service and its 50 related websites.
Alberto Randazzo's shameless defense: He developed an addiction to child porn after the death of his former police partner.
Richard Haste accumulated six complaints in a thirteen-month period, most cops don't have that many over their entire careers.
Five years after the shooting.
The city stopped releasing such records recently after deciding to interpret a state privacy law differently.
He is still employed by the NYPD.
Even though she was surrounded by police officers who could have subdued her, the girl was tased for resisting arrest.
Officer Richard Haste's departmental trial for the killing of teenager Ramarley Graham was open to the public, but records of the trial are not.
'Sentiment meter' would help law enforcement understand where and how to improve cooperation with the public.
Cops read New York's ban as criminalizing possession of commonly used tools.
Among the recommendations removed from the final report, a ban on police using Tasers on unarmed people.
Merry Christmas from the NYPD
Taxpayers will foot the bill for the vicious beating of 19-year-old Jateik Reed, which started with an illegal stop-and-frisk.
Lawsuit settlement over city's unwarranted snooping of Muslims temporarily rejected.
People's homes and businesses threatened unless they sign away rights.
When retired NYPD cops are accused of abusing the NYPD's disability pension fund, the NYPD investigates. What could go wrong?
New York City's $6 million contract for police body cams reveals a fierce PR battle between two companies to sway city officials, the public, and the media.
A bill in the New York City Council would force the NYPD to release annual reports on its asset forfeiture program, but the NYPD says it's impossible.
After decades of making "Personnel Orders" public, NYPD quietly decides they don't have to.
Gurley was killed in a Brooklyn housing project's stairwell by former NYPD Officer Peter Liang.
A trashed apartment, seized cash, and a family left in the lurch. Another day of asset forfeiture in the U.S.
Editorial board concedes that the heated rhetoric around curtailing unconstitutional stops did not lead to an end of effective policing.
Public records show the NYPD collected $6 million in asset forfeiture revenue in 2013, but a new lawsuit is seeking more info.
Road rage incident ends with off-duty cop killing another motorist
Fourteen "attractive girls" have gone missing from the Bronx since July 2014, said Councilman Andy King, and he suspects the worst. There's just one problem...
Wrongful death lawsuit likens missing video "cover-up" to what Chicago PD did with footage of Laquan McDonald's shooting death.
Sits down with Kennedy to discuss why Libertarians are winning & why New York's top cop is all wrong about marijuana and violence.
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