7 hours ago - By Associated Press
A federal judge has ruled the New York Police Department must release 2,000 pages of documents related to its surveillance of protesters before the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Dec 10 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
A machine pistol used by a street hustler and aspiring rapper shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased from a Virginia gun shop by a woman who reported it stolen 10 days after she bought it, authorities said.
Dec 1 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
Nearly 1 in 6 undercover officers in the nation's largest police department has been mistaken for a criminal by fellow officers — and has come face-to-face with a loaded gun.
Nov 25 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Some 570,000 pager messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, some of them by government officials, were being disclosed Wednesday by a nonprofit activist group.
Nov 17 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
Investigators in the city raided offices for some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into a powerful union that has long faced accusations of ties to organized crime, a law enforcement official said.

Sep 30 - By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press Writers
FBI Director Robert Mueller rejected suggestions Wednesday that poor coordination between the FBI and New York Police Department damaged the investigation of an Afghan immigrant charged with plotting a bomb attack in New York City.

Sep 26 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
President Barack Obama praised the police department on Saturday for its work in disrupting a possible terrorist bombing plot aimed at commuter trains.

Sep 18 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime is going down — way down.
Sep 9 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
The New York Police Department has revised a highly touted report on the threat of homegrown terrorism in response to complaints that it was an insult to law-abiding, observant Muslims.

Jul 2 - By Associated Press
A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.
Jul 1 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
Managers and developers of high-profile skyscrapers, sports stadiums and other buildings in the city need to take more steps to guard against terrorist attacks, according to a new report by the New York Police Department.
Jun 5 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire that left a cop dead last week.

May 29 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
After Omar Edwards achieved a dream by graduating from the New York Police Department academy, he was so proud he wore his badge around his apartment.
May 28 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
A man filed a $220 million lawsuit on Thursday claiming that New York Police Department officers robbed him of his civil rights by sodomizing him with a baton in a subway station.
Apr 3 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
The New York Police Department has prepared plans to beef up security at the city's synagogues and other Jewish sites amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, officials confirmed Friday.
Apr 2 - By Associated Press
The New York Police Department is investigating apparent hate mail sent to faculty at Columbia University's Teachers College that contained drawings of swastikas and a noose.
Jan 16 - By Associated Press
A sonar-equipped New York Police Department boat has resumed searching the Hudson River to locate the missing engine from US Airways Flight 1549.
Dec 18 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
A reputed mobster was charged Thursday with ordering a hit on an off-duty New York Police Department officer who at the time was married to his ex-wife — a slaying that had gone unsolved for more than a decade.
Nov 19 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writers
The process for obtaining federal permission for New York Police Department investigators to eavesdrop on terrorism suspects has improved since a recent clash with the Justice Department, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday.
Oct 22 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless.
Oct 22 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
Eight police officers who died from illnesses related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are recipients of the first distinguished service medals ever awarded by the New York Police Department.
Oct 9 - By Associated Press
The New York Police Department says a manhole explosion in New York City has killed one utility worker and injured another.
Oct 1 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
A police lieutenant committed suicide Thursday, days after he ordered another officer to fire a stun gun at a naked, distraught man who then fell to his death, police said.
Sep 24 - By Associated Press
A jail inmate admitted that he tried to hire a hit man to blow up the New York Police Department's headquarters and kill its commissioner, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Sep 17 - By asdf, Associated Press Writer
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a jury verdict against two former police detectives who were convicted of moonlighting as gangsters and carrying out a series of hits for the mob.