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Juan Acosta, NYPD Officer, Accused Of Helping Drug Gang

nbcnewyork.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York


Juan Acosta, an NYPD officer, used his own police car to pull off a drug-related robbery, federal prosecutors said Friday....

Tire Slasher Slashing Police Cars

nydailynews.com | By Mike Jaccarino | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York


Cops are hunting for a suspect, possibly fed up over parking tickets, who slashed the tires of three NYPD Parking Enforcement cars in broad daylight o...

NYPD Regularly Mistaken For Suspects, Have Guns Drawn On Them

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Nearly 1 in 6 undercover officers in the nation's largest police department has been mistaken for a criminal by fellow officers &ndas...

Fake Badges Often Used By Real New York Cops

nytimes.com | RAY RIVERA | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York


In New York, a city that has become almost synonymous with high security, where office employees wear picture IDs and surveillance cameras are on the ...

An Ugly NYPD-Media Confrontation

Len Levitt | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

With crime at historic lows and the police commissioner enjoying high public approval, one might think the NYPD would extend basic respect to police reporters. Think again.

Gangs Using Twitter To Talk Trash, Plan Fights

nydailynews.com | By Simone Weichselbaum | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York


The city's street gangs are becoming tweet gangs. Manhattan's young thugs have turned to Twitter, and the cops who track them are fast behind, the ...

Lieberman's Right on Fort Hood

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics


Norm Stamper

When campaigning for John McCain Lieberman actually declared Sarah Palin fit to be president. Yet, when it comes to the Fort Hood slayings, Joe Lieberman is spot on.

Ozem Goldwire, Autistic Man, Receives Settlement For Coerced Murder Confession, Spending Year In Jail

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The City of New York has agreed to pay $340,000 to an autistic man who spent a year in jail after confessing to a killing he didn't commi...

Hamlet On The Hudson

Len Levitt | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

So Rudy Giuliani is apparently not running for governor and is dithering about whether to try for the Senate. We've lived through this melodrama before.

Raphael Graybill, Rhodes Scholar, Is Auxiliary Police Officer With New York Police Department, Columbia Student

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. To share the good news, of course, but also to see w...

Dashawn Vasconcellos Shot By NYPD 11 Times

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said...

Mayor Mike and the Imam

Len Levitt | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

Perhaps we should be relieved the feds are trying Khalid Sheikh Mohamed. If left to the locals, we might have a lapse like City Hall's invitation to a Brooklyn imam linked to the first World Trade Center attack.

Kevin White, Security Guard, Killed By Police In Norwood Palace Sports Bar Brawl Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Police say officers breaking up a brawl at a New York City bar shot one armed man dead and wounded another. They say Kevin White was...

Anthrax Scare: Suspicious Powder Sent To French, Austrian, Uzbekistan Consulates

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the ...

Does NYPD Detectives' Intense Schedule Encourage Drinking?

Gothamist | [10] | | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


After a recent drunken driving fatality involving an off-duty NYPD detective, the city detectives union is considering changing the schedule that some...

Bernie Kerik: The Weeper

Len Levitt | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

Watching Bernie Kerik weep while admitting he was a crook, this reporter could not help recalling past conversations with Judith Regan, his editor, publisher and former lover.

Rasheem Williams, The Red Sox Bandit, Caught

nypost.com | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


The "Red Sox Bandit" has been caught stealing, police said last night. Authorities in Rocky Mount, NC, arrested Rasheem Williams, 37, the knife-wie...

NYPD Probe Incident Between White Cop, Black Detectives

nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York


The NYPD is investigating a confrontation between white uniformed cops and black hate-crime detectives who claim they were racially profiled, the Dail...

How Well Do You Know Bernie Kerik?

Len Levitt | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

Bernard Kerik is now Inmate 210-717, awaiting his corruption trial. And Rudolph Giuliani has already paid dearly for appointing Kerik -- his presidential ambitions among the toll.

No Justice Can Come From Guantánamo Military Commissions

Talat Hamdani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Talat Hamdani

The military commissions, which will continue to be tainted by the dark legacy of Guantánamo, will always be doubted and cannot achieve the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve.

Cat Stuck In Engine Gets 2-Mile Tour Of New York City

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) — A cat who rode two miles through New York City while stuck in the engine compartment of an SUV has lived to meow about it. Wilf...

Yousef Al-Khattab, Pedicab Driver, Promotes Jihad

nypost.com | Chuck Bennett | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


This jihadist wannabe is a "terror" on the road. Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedica...

Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

Len Levitt | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

The Daily News seems unable physically, emotionally and intellectually to place blame where it belongs when something goes wrong inside the NYPD.

David Hendrick Pulls Gun On Loud LIRR Passengers: Off-Duty NYPD Cop Accused Of Showing Weapon On Train

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Authorities say an off-duty New York City police officer who displayed a handgun while trying to quiet unruly passengers on a ...

The Lieutenant's Death That Will Not Die

Len Levitt | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

The widow of an Emergency Service lieutenant who killed himself a year ago is blaming the tragedy on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, his spokesman and other unnamed top brass.