The Queens man who attacked four New York
City police officers with a hatchet last month before he was shot dead highlighted the «new emerging threat» that law enforcement needs to combat world - wide, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said.
Not exact matches
Steve Ward, who spent seven years as an
officer with the Seattle
Police Department and six
with the
city's SWAT team, says he founded Seattle - based VieVu in 2007 to protect
officers against unfounded civilian complaints.
For example, according to another recent FBI report, Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland are the most heavily
policed American
cities,
with 63
officers and 47
officers per 10,000 residents respectively.
His lawyer, Chris Gale, says Wilson filed the suit,»... in order to help Taft save itself... and, to protect other
officers that seem to continually have problems
with the
City of Taft
police department.»
Professor DiIulio again: «It is reasonable to suppose that by doubling or tripling the number of
officers on regular duty in and around drug - infested, crime - torn neighborhoods, and by deploying them in accordance
with the precepts of community
policing, the streets and sidewalks of even the most blighted inner
city could be made safe enough for children to play and adults to stroll.»
«The club are in continual contact
with Merseyside
police officers who are in Lille today and the
city's
police representatives.
City police are working with Park District officers to step up patrols, said William Young, chief of the Park District P
police are working
with Park District
officers to step up patrols, said William Young, chief of the Park District
PolicePolice.
New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday afternoon reacted to a Staten Island grand jury not indicting a New York
City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, saying in a statement his administration is «ready to cooperate»
with a possible federal investigation.
In an effort to sweeten the pot in contract talks
with the
police union,
City Hall is offering a 1 percent salary bump for
officers forced to use body cameras.
A report by Green party London Assembly member Sian Berry revealed that even many of the
city's
police officers can't afford to live there,
with around half living outside London.
The New York
City PBA has been at odds
with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent months over
police tactics and criminal justice reform measures sought after the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after a choke hold administered by a
police officer.
Two weeks after New York
Police Department
officers fatally shot a mentally disturbed man they thought was armed
with a gun, de Blasio launched a task force aimed at improving
city responses to emergencies involving the mentally ill.
The next day, DEAN SKELOS traveled
with the County Executive and his Deputy to the funeral of a New York
City Police Department
officer, where DEAN SKELOS reiterated in person his demand that the County expedite payments to Abtech.
The case, along
with a
police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local
police officer there, led to a series of protests in
cities around the country and a debate over
police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.
City Hall's relationship
with police, as well as the unions representing them, became strained following a grand jury's decision not to indict an
officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
The
City of Tonawanda
Police Department is the latest local agency equipping its
officers with body cameras.
Four state lawmakers are proposing that all
police cars in New York be retrofitted
with bulletproof glass after two New York
City officers were gunned down in their car Saturday.
«I know that's a heartfelt request on their part, but the fact is, that thank God the NYPD is achieving what it is achieving
with the resources it has now,» de Blasio said, echoing earlier assertions that the
city doesn't need more
police officers.
While de Blasio has enjoyed a friendly relationship
with the Council during his first 15 months in office, the question of more
police officers is a lingering dispute between the two sides of
City Hall.
COLLEGE POINT — A two - hour meeting Tuesday between Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and leaders of the five
police unions, which have been sparring
with City Hall about the administration's treatment of
police officers, ended without a resolution, according to Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch.
has helped secured a commitment from NYPD
Police Commissioner James O'Neill to outfit the City's 4,000 - plus auxiliary police officers with new bulletproof
Police Commissioner James O'Neill to outfit the
City's 4,000 - plus auxiliary
police officers with new bulletproof
police officers with new bulletproof vests.
Passed in January 2017, the resolution dubbed «welcoming and inclusive
city» by supporters codified a longstanding unwritten policy that Kingston
police officers and other
city employees do not inquire about immigration status during routine interactions
with citizens.
«That's good news for our
city and the hardworking
police officers faced
with this unprecedented security challenge.»
Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems
with corrections
officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship
with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in
police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in
police presence, delays in the implementation of the
City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic reque
City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied
with their union leadership, his position on a
city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic reque
city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for
police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA), which represents 24,000 New York
City police officers and 25,000 retirees, has taken issue with a number of high - profile pieces of legislation pushed through the city coun
City police officers and 25,000 retirees, has taken issue
with a number of high - profile pieces of legislation pushed through the
city coun
city council.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's
City Hall has been at odds
with police unions over a variety of controversies, including his tolerance of anti-
police brutality protesters and the subsequent assassination of two
officers in December.
Police officers have grown frustrated
with a
city government that seems to be working against them.
According to
police, Davis was stopped by two Buffalo
police officers, Todd C. McAlister and Nicholas J. Parisi, on Hoyt Street, just north of West Ferry Street, on the
city's West Side when he tried to flee and began fighting
with the
officers.
De Blasio has proposed increasing the number of NYC
police officers on the streets — while keeping the
police department's overall head count steady — as part of negotiations
with the
City Council over the budget.
An 84 - year - old NYC man briefly hospitalized in January after he had a physical altercation
with police officers arresting him for allegedly jaywalking is suing the
city and the NYPD.
Senate Republicans starting this month will hold a series of hearings on the issue,
with Majority Leader Dean Skelos pledging to review whether elected officials helped create a negative atmosphere that ultimately played a role in the recent shooting deaths of two New York
City police officers.
A New York
City agency charged
with investigating
police wrongdoing forced an employee to resign after discovering that the employee had leaked the disciplinary history of the
officer who placed Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold.
Mayor de Blasio opened an old wound
with city police officers — saying the comments he made in 2014 about having had to «train» his biracial son, Dante, to «take special care» around cops should not have sparked controversy, because they are true.
It's been six days since Wardel Davis, a 20 - year - old African American man, died after an encounter
with two Buffalo
police officers on the
city's West Side.
«We had to literally train him, as families have all over this
city for decades, in how to take special care in any encounter he may have
with police officers who are there to protect him,» he said at the time.
While she said she agreed
city agencies and New York
Police Department
officers should not ask New Yorkers about their documentation status, she questioned the
city's law forbidding NYPD
officers from cooperating
with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officers» detainer requests for undocumented residents unless they are arrested for one of 170 enumerated offenses.
Syracuse, NY — A Syracuse
police officer who spent eight years chauffeuring and protecting former Mayor Matt Driscoll retired
with the highest pension of 47
city workers in 2009.
NYPD's Community Affairs
officers, along
with volunteer
police officers from around the City work closely with the Police Athletic League to coach, mentor and compete in athletic contests with community youth, allowing all participants to develop positive and lasting relation
police officers from around the
City work closely
with the
Police Athletic League to coach, mentor and compete in athletic contests with community youth, allowing all participants to develop positive and lasting relation
Police Athletic League to coach, mentor and compete in athletic contests
with community youth, allowing all participants to develop positive and lasting relationships.
«Joe Hassett is a decorated Buffalo
Police Officer who serves the
City of Buffalo and its citizens proudly and
with honor.
After weeks of somber press conferences surrounding his difficulties
with the
city's police department in the wake of the murder of two officers, the event was a chance for Mr. de Blasio to be active rather than reactive — to proudly tout a progressive priority of his, a promise kept from his State of the City address, when he first floated the i
city's
police department in the wake of the murder of two
officers, the event was a chance for Mr. de Blasio to be active rather than reactive — to proudly tout a progressive priority of his, a promise kept from his State of the
City address, when he first floated the i
City address, when he first floated the idea.
In 1990, Bratton took over New York
City's transit
police and was credited
with giving
officers 9 - mm handguns.
In a meeting
with Council members last Thursday, the speaker told her colleagues that the long - stalled act — which would require the
city's
police officers to identify themselves when stopping an individual and to let that person know that they have the right to refuse a search if the
officer does not have probable cause — would not go before the Council but rather would be handled internally by the
police department, despite having a sufficient number of sponsors to pass.
Standing
with his partner, Sandra Lee, at his side, Mr. Cuomo made the remarks outside a funeral home in Brooklyn where a wake was being held for New York
City police Officer Wenjian Liu, who along with a fellow police officer was fatally shot on D
Officer Wenjian Liu, who along
with a fellow
police officer was fatally shot on D
officer was fatally shot on Dec. 20.
Police officers and community volunteer facilitators will hold dialogue circles
with city residents.
NEW YORK
CITY — Patrick Lynch, the fiery president of the
city's largest
police union, says he has «no regrets» over his emotional clash
with Mayor Bill de Blasio last year after two
police officers were gunned down in Bed - Stuy.
Dennis, who works
with the precinct serving New York
City Housing Authority Developments throughout Queens, claimed residents of the borough's public housing apartments live in fear due to a spike in crime and what feels like a lacking relationship
with police officers.
And he pointed to the neighborhood
policing initiative that pairs
police officers with community residents and the decreased use of the stop - and - frisk
policing method — steps he said show the
city «got safer by being fairer.»
Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict
with the
city's powerful correction
officers» union, the court system and the
police department.
Tuesday morning's press conference was supposed to be about the holiday season, and how Cuomo was directing his various
police forces to flood New York
City's transportation facilities
with armed
officers.
A Brooklyn
City Councilman, Mark Treyger, is looking to make it illegal for
police officers to have sex
with people in their custody in the wake of an investigation into two Coney Island detectives accused of raping a teenager.