Tag: Nypd
The Brian Lehrer Show
Following Up: Tracing Illegal Guns
Friday, February 08, 2013
A follow up on some lingering questions from Wednesday's interview with Thomas King of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. First, BL Show producer Jody Avirgan fact-checks the stats about the number of out-of-state weapons in New York. Then, Paul Browne, Deputy Commissioner at the NYPD, discusses the tools law enforcement has at their disposal to trace illegal guns brought into New York City and State.
WNYC News Blog
NYPD Releases 2011 Stop-and-Frisk Figures
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
The NYPD has released a report that breaks down its controversial stop and frisk policy by precinct and race.
WNYC News Blog
Commissioner Kelly Says Handguns Are the Issue
Sunday, January 27, 2013
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says handguns are overwhelmingly the main problem on New York City streets when it comes to gun violence.
WNYC News Blog
Trial Begins for 2 in Shooting Death of NYPD Officer
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Two men accused of shooting a New York City police officer to death in a botched Brooklyn robbery are on trial for murder.
WNYC News
NYPD Tests New Weapon Detection Device
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The NYPD is testing a new device that could allow police to detect concealed weapons without a body search. Commissioner Ray Kelly announced the use of the terahertz-wave detection device during a speech before the New York City Foundation Wednesday.
WNYC News Blog
NYPD's Clean Halls Program to Resume During Appeal
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A federal judge who ruled that certain suspicion-less stops by the New York City Police Department are unconstitutional will allow the stops to resume while the city appeals the ruling.
WNYC News
Analysis | Judge Ceases Suspicion-less Stops in the Bronx
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
New York City's Law Department is deciding whether to appeal a U.S. District Court Judge's decision that the police department's trespass stops outside certain private buildings in the Bronx is unconstitutional.
The Brian Lehrer Show
Judge Rules Against NYPD's Stop & Frisk Program
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Michael Aronson, member of the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News, talks about federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin's ruling that declares part of the NYPD's stop and frisk program unconstitutional.
WNYC News
Judge: NYPD Must Halt Suspicion-less Bronx Stops
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
A federal judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to stop making trespass stops outside certain privately owned Bronx buildings without reasonable suspicion.
WNYC News Blog
Police Seeking 4 in Shooting of Teen
Monday, January 07, 2013
New York City police are seeking four "persons of interest" in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy Friday.
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Morning Headlines | Selected by the WNYC News Hub
Monday, January 07, 2013
WNYC's morning news producers bring you a rundown of today's must-read stories.
WNYC News Blog
NYPD Officers Shot, Wounded in Separate Incidents
Thursday, January 03, 2013
A wounded New York City police officer has left the hospital, while another two were recovering Friday, hours after being shot in separate incidents that left one suspect dead and four under arrest.
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NYC Couple Arrested; Explosive Substance Found
Monday, December 31, 2012
Authorities say a New York City couple has been arrested on weapons charges after a substance used to make bombs and papers titled "The Terrorist Encyclopedia" were found in their Greenwich Village apartment.
WNYC News Blog
Woman Charged with Murder in Subway Shove Death
Saturday, December 29, 2012
A woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime.
WNYC News
Suits Against NYPD Spike; Payout Balloons to $185M
Thursday, December 27, 2012
More than 8,800 lawsuits were filed against the NYPD in fiscal year 2011, costing the city more than $185 million, according to a recent report that tracks suits filed against city agencies.
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Police Union Runs Ads to Improve Image of Cops
Monday, December 24, 2012
The city's largest police union rolled out an ad campaign last week to focus on the more heroic aspects of the work cops do. Union officials said Hurricane Sandy presented the NYPD with a unique opportunity to counteract some of negative press over the past year.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Police Misconduct and the NYC Police Department
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks present opportunities for cops to act like criminals. Robert Kane talks about his study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. To write the book Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department he and Michael White had unprecedented, complete access to the confidential files of NYPD officers who committed serious offenses, examining the cases of more than 1,500 NYPD officers over a 20-year period.
WNYC News Blog
NYPD: Getaway Car Found in Midtown Shooting
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
New York police say they've found the getaway car linked to the execution-style slaying of a Los Angeles man in broad daylight in midtown Manhattan.
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NYPD Sgt Dead From Apparent Suicide, Police Say
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Police say a New York City sergeant who was photographed posing with President Barack Obama at a ground zero ceremony has died from an apparent suicide.
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Arrest Made in Deaths of 3 NY Shopkeepers
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
New York City police say they've arrested a low-end clothing dealer in the killings of three shopkeepers.