The costs of mandatory overtime and abuse of the system have hurt the Police Department’s budget and pushed many officers to ...

Under a plea deal with the Attorney General’s Office, Bernadine Ramtahal Thomas is expected to get five years probation for ...

For years, one of the key issues with police pursuits has been the department ... criminals going as far as to do donuts around NYPD patrol cars who then didn’t give chase.

In the first incident, police say the suspect intentionally started a fire that damaged a parked NYPD car in front of City Hall around 2:20 a.m. on January 10. Minutes later, officers say the ...

CAR NOISE, BUT IT DIDN’T SOUND QUITE SOUND LIKE THAT. NEIGHBORS QUESTION WHY IT HAPPENED ON THEIR STREET, WHILE POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE IT WAS NOT RANDOM AND POSSIBLY DRUG RELATED. BASED ON THE ...

The NYPD is now rolling out new guidelines restricting police car chases to cases involving the most serious and violent crimes. Pursuits will no longer be permitted for traffic violations and ...

NYPD car chases have surged during the Adams administration as police tried to curtail the use of ghost cars — vehicles with fake license plates — since many of those cars are used in crimes ...

In 2024, there were 2,278 police car pursuits, 25% of which resulted in collisions, property damage or personal loss or injury, according to NYPD data. Officials said 67% of such collisions ...

The firebug first lit a parked NYPD police car on fire near City Hall at around 2:20 a.m. in front of 254 Broadway on Jan. 10, according to cops. A masked arsonist is responsible for four Big ...

In December, we reported that the number of car chases by New York Police Department officers skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, accompanied by a rise in the crash rate for NYPD vehicles.

New rules from the New York Police Department restrict when vehicles can chase suspects, a reform that addresses safety concerns over the dangerous tactic. The policy, announced Wednesday by NYPD ...

This file photo from Dec. 30,, 2023, shows a damaged NYPD police car which was in pursuit of a vehicle when it crashed and caught fire. (Owen Reiter for the Staten Island Advance)(Owen Reiter for ...