NYPD

An NYPD lieutenant who joined protesters in taking a knee as they took to the streets to demand an end to police brutality following the death of George Floyd now says he regrets the symbolic gesture. In an email obtained by NBC New York, Lt. Robert Cattani of the Midtown South Precinct on June 3 apologized to his colleagues, saying…

The NYPD is facing questions over two incidents involving officers using stun guns on civilians, including one man who was tased while in a diabetic shock, and another who claims to have partial vision loss

Authorities investigating Wednesday night’s stabbing of an NYPD officer in Brooklyn say body-worn camera video recorded the suspect yelling “Allahu Akbar” three times during the attack, NYPD officers said Saturday. Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller says there are many unknowns behind the possible terror-inspired attack, including the suspect’s motive. The man behind the alleged attack, Dzenan...

Authorities investigating Wednesday night’s stabbing of an NYPD officer in Brooklyn are looking into whether it was a terror-inspired attack, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Three NYPD officers were hospitalized after what Commissioner Dermot Shea described as a “cowardly and unprovoked” assault. A terror-linked motivation is currently one theory for what may have happened, with the attack possibly having...

New York City police officers forced two Associated Press journalists to stop covering protests Tuesday, surrounding them, shoving them and cursing at them while yelling at them to go home

New York City police officers forced two Associated Press journalists to stop covering protests Tuesday, despite an order allowing essential workers to remain on city streets. Portions of the incident were captured on video by videojournalist Robert Bumsted, who was working with photographer Maye-E Wong to document the protests in Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd.

Three people have been arrested by the FBI and have been charged federally with trying to set off Molotov cocktails against the NYPD on Friday night.

Protesters applauded as members of the NYPD joined them in kneeling during a protest in Queens.

A video shows a NYPD vehicle moving forward into a group of protesters.

A white woman called the NYPD and accused a black man of threatening her and her dog after an exchange that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central Park.

The NYPD is under fire again after a video showed police officers arresting a 22-year-old mother in the subway who they say refused to properly cover her face. Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned the confrontation in a tweet, where he also shared the video that sparked the controversy. Police say they stopped Kaleemah Rozier and her young child inside the…

Police unions are livid and demanding New York City’s Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot resign or be fired after she reportedly gave an emphatic rejection when the NYPD sought more face masks for officers.

Police say three teenagers are under arrest – and others are being sought – after an attack on a Bellevue nurse who had just recovered from COVID-19. The nurse, Martha Toscano of Queens, New York, was beaten and robbed by a gang of teens who chased her and knocked her to the ground as she left a 6 train stop,…

A kayaker found himself stuck on a remote island near Queens, New York, forced to use island resources to call for help, the NYPD said Friday. The NYPD Aviation unit found the kayaker on a remote island in Jamaica Bay. The man had been missing for over 12 hours and used more primitive measures to catch the attention of his…

President Donald Trump announced he has pardoned Bernard Kerik, the former NYPD commissioner who later went to federal prison for tax fraud and lying to the government. Trump also commuted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The news comes mere hours after Trump pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built…

Lawrence Ray — the federal informant whose information helped lead to the arrest of former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik — has been arrested by the FBI on sex trafficking and other charges, according to the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Ray “targeted a group of college students and others for indoctrination and criminal…

The woman said she felt betrayed and “hurt” by a childhood friend she was just trying to help.

A police sergeant’s union is “declaring war” on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio following targeted shootings at one of the city’s precincts that left two officers injured over the weekend. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea on Sunday linked what he called assassination attempts on police officers at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx to anti-police rhetoric and the...

A Bronx man was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting an NYPD lieutenant Sunday morning — just 12 hours after he shot another officer during an ambush in the same precinct, police said. The NYPD said Robert Williams, 45, of the Bronx, walked into the 41st Precinct, which serves Hunts Point and Longwood, just before 8 a.m….

The 26-year-old NYPD officer who admitted to a booze-fueled home invasion in which he mistakenly burst into a black woman’s home and threatened her family has quit the force “effective immediately,” a city spokeswoman said Thursday. Acting Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Devora Kaye tells News 4 the officer, Michael Reynolds, was told Dec. 30 that he was to report…