The new book The Blood and the Badge, by former New York Times editor Michael Cannell, chronicles a true tale of police corruption, mafia, and murderous mayhem in 1980s New York City. Nicholas ...

An officer activated his lights and sirens on a NYPD vehicle in an effort to initiate a car stop. However, the complaint alleges that Valdez hit the gas, forcing the officer to drive at over 60 ...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch emphasized the policy's role in enhancing public safety, citing a notable 25% of 2024's pursuits ending in accidents causing property damage or injuries.

NEW YORK - The NYPD announced a change in its policy on high-speed chases. There's a new directive to keep the public, and officers, safe while catching criminals. In 2022, the NYPD went on the ...

NYPD officers will no longer be allowed to chase after vehicles fleeing car stops under a new departmentwide policy that allows pursuits only when a felony crime or a violent misdemeanor is ...

New York City police officers will no longer engage in high-speed pursuits of suspects in low-level crimes in a move aimed at keeping civilians and officers safe, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

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.

The policy, announced Wednesday by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, will prohibit vehicle chases for low-level infractions, limiting pursuits to incidents that involve more serious violent crimes.

The lawsuit seeks to establish a class of as many as 6,000 NYPD police officers who participated in a paid detail program that enlists them to provide part-time services at private businesses for ...

“The NYPD’s enforcement efforts must never put the public or the police at undue risk, and pursuits for violations and low-level crimes can be both potentially dangerous and unnecessary,” Tisch said ...

FILE - A police car drives through the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) ...

The NYPD will stop initiating dangerous and often high-speed pursuits of suspects fleeing non-violent crimes and traffic infractions under a new policy created by Commissioner Jessica Tisch to ...