Police officers hang their handcuffs in large quantities. The wave of finer firings began after George Floyd’s police murder on May 25, with 272 uniformed police officers filing retirement documents from then until June 24, New York police say. That’s a 49 percent increase from the 183 officers who filed …
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Another bloody Saturday in New York City left two people dead and 17 more injured in at least a dozen shootings within 14 hours, police said. Between 11 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday, police recorded 12 shootings in four districts, part of a troubling shooting spike in recent weeks …
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The chief of the New York police constituency who withdrew in protest this week criticized politicians for wanting to “vilify” police officers during a scandalous final strike celebration at his Bronx station home on Friday. Deputy Inspector Richard Brea got into a restored classic police car around 3 p.m. after …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that the NYPD’s $ 6 billion budget cuts would be “very, very substantial” amid calls to cut $ 1 billion from the department’s coffers. “We are working with the City Council at this time. We don’t have a final dollar figure, but we will …
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The former New York police officer charged with shooting an innocent bystander during an argument at a sushi restaurant in Queens was arrested and faces up to 25 years in prison on charges including assault and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said. . Former police officer Dwayne Chandler, a …
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