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NYPD must show GOP convention surveillance files

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.

NYPD tracks gun in deadly Times Square shooting

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.

NY undercover cops regularly mistaken for suspects

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.

570,000 9/11 pager messages released

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.

AP source: NYC newspapers' delivery offices raided

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.

FBI to senators: Terror case wasn't damaged

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.

President praises NYPD during terror briefing

President Barack Obama praised the police department on Saturday for its work in disrupting a possible terrorist bombing plot aimed at commuter trains.

NYC on pace for record-low number of homicides

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.

NYPD rewords report that some say insulted Muslims

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.

NYPD: High-profile buildings need tighter security

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.

NYPD seeks way to let guns 'talk' to one another

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.

Slain NYC officer remembered as dedicated cop

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.

NYC man sues police for $220M over alleged assault

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.

NYPD sees threat in Israel-Iran tensions

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.

Probe of possible hate mail sent to Columbia staff

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.

Search resumes in Hudson for US Airways engine

A sonar-equipped New York Police Department boat has resumed searching the Hudson River to locate the missing engine from US Airways Flight 1549.

Authorities: Indictment in cold case NYC cop death

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.

NYC police head: FISA response better after flap

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.

White powder at NY Times believed to be harmless

An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless.

NYPD honors officers lost to 9/11-related illness

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.

NYC manhole explosion kills 1 worker, injures 2nd

The New York Police Department says a manhole explosion in New York City has killed one utility worker and injured another.

NY officer kills self after fatal stun gun case

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.

Inmate admits to planning hit job on head of NYPD

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.

Convictions reinstated against 2 NY 'Mafia cops'

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.

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Missing boy spent 11 days wandering New York subways
Source: CNN

A 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a transit police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother.

FBI denies NYPD missteps hurt terror probe
Source: msnbc.com

Police acting without the FBI's knowledge might have inadvertently helped blow the surveillance of a terrorism suspect, a criminal complaint suggests.

Charles M. Blow New York Times Op-Ed Columnist - Welcome to the 'Club'
Source: The New York Times

This week, the fog of racial profiling hung heavy over Harvard Square. The arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., the eminent Harvard scholar, at his own home thrust the police's treatment of minorities, particularly black men, back into the spotlight.

Drug suspects' defense against NYPD? Video
Source: msnbc.com

When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong.

Slain NYC officer remembered as dedicated cop
Source: msnbc.com

Thousands of officers in crisp dress uniforms lined up Thursday five-deep for about 10 blocks outside a Catholic church in Brooklyn for the funeral of Omar Edwards.

NYPD okays Velcro handcuffs for use on unruly children
Source: NY Daily News

Excerpt: Nothing says tough love like Velcro handcuffs. Cops trying to restrain children will have a softer alternative than metal handcuffs under a new program the NYPD is testing in nearly two dozen schools.

Swift response, heroics in airliner's river rescue
Source: msnbc.com

The ferries that ply the waters between New York and New Jersey were among the first rescue craft on the scene Thursday when Flight 1549 splashed down after engine failure.

NYPD Wants to Jam Cell Phones During Terror Attack
Source: Wired News

The New York Police Department wants to be able to shut down cell phones, in case of a terrorist attack.

NYPD Officer Charged With Raping A Man With A Baton During a Drug Arrest In a NY Subway Station
Source: Google

A New York police officer was charged Tuesday with using a baton to sodomize a detainee in a shocking assault at a city subway station.

Body cavity searches restricted under new NYPD rules
Source: Newsday.com

Police officers can lie to suspects. They can fight back if assaulted. And they can use deadly force if necessary. They cannot, however, pull contraband from a suspect's body cavities without a search warrant.

NYPD seeks to screen cars entering Manhattan
Source: msnbc.com

The New York Police Department is working on a plan to track every car, truck or other vehicle entering Manhattan and screen them for radioactive materials and other terrorism threats.

Police Brutality Strikes Fifth Anniversary of Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Source: Global Features

At the Sylvia Rivera Law Project's after-party following its fifth anniversary celebration last night, two members of the community were violently arrested and others were pepper sprayed by police without warning or cause.

Iran: Bloggers Criticize President's New York Visit
Source: rferl.org

One expatriate Iranian citizen who is unhappy about Ahmadinejad's visit to the United States is a blogger who lives in Europe and identifies himself as "Balouch." He reacted unsympathetically to news that Ahmadinejad's request to visit the site of the World Trade Center -- the lo …

911 Activist Alex Jones Arrested In New York
Source: Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com

Media activist Alex Jones was arrested by New York Police Department officers while filming a documentary about the sixth anniversary of September 11th and joining the protest against the official version of what happened on 9/11.

NY police officer's meatball defense too dopey
Source: The Houston Chronicle

A veteran counterterrorism detective's claims that he flunked a drug test because his wife served him marijuana-spiked meatballs "simply weren't credible," and he has been fired, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said Thursday.

Young? Educated? Opposed to the Iraq war? NYPD thinks you might be a terrorist
Source: Bloomberg.com

The risk posed by homegrown Islamic terrorists in the U.S. and other western countries is at least as great as from those who get their start in the Middle East, according to a New York Police Department report.

East Side Explosion Not Terrorism - News Story - WNBC | New York
Source: wnbc.com

"Several blocks were evacuated. The explosion, which drew a five-alarm response from fire officials, occurred at 43rd Street and Lexington Avenue, blocks away from Grand Central Station and the Chrysler building."

NYPD Police Captain orders racial profiling
Source: blackinthecity.net

New York Police Department Captain Michael Vanchieri is coming under fire for allegedly ordering racial profiling.

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