Drone used by NYPD for first time in Cobble Hill standoff
NYPD used a drone for the first time while negotiating with an emotionally disturbed person.
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Private New York City firework displays: What’s legal and what’s culturally acceptable
In the years since Prometheus stole fire for the human race, we have developed it into fireworks and subsequently banned…
Doc recalls beloved BK cops who ‘never fired one round’
In 2017 Brooklyn, the idea of having a relationship with your local beat cop feels definitively foreign: indeed, many people…
The NYPD is expanding use of body cams, and they want your input on how to use them (really)
Today is just the latest in a seemingly unending series of days where you wake up, look at the news…
The NYPD wants you to snitch on graffiti for $500. Would you do it?
New York City is at its best when it's unpredictable, which means the artistic side of it can assault you…
Now Hiring: NYPD, Brooklyn Creative League, Postmates and more!
It's the first week of October and so far, the month is going pretty damn well. The long weekend is…
NYPD crime map still no substitute for our dear departed police blotter
Earlier today we were gnashing our teeth, as we do, about the death of the police blotter and it's myriad…
NYPD unilaterally kills the joy that is the police blotter
One of the joys of looking at the news is the police blotter. Yes, it's informative and alerts you to…
Bloomberg NYPD’s ‘Stop and Kiss’ program comes under fire
Bloomberg Defends NYPD’s Controversial Stop And Kiss Program "You don't see them kissing any pretty white ladies out there." You…