All posts tagged "NYPD"
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Kevin Rizzo | May 10, 2017
The NYPD’s New Plan to Measure Community Safety: Will it Work?
The NYPD wants to track how it's doing in real-time.
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Alec Siegel | February 24, 2017
How Much Does it Cost to Protect Trump Tower?
Less than the NYPD initially expected.
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Anneliese Mahoney | March 3, 2016
Manhattan Will Stop Arresting Outdoor Drinkers and Public Urinators
This is a step in the right direction.
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Anneliese Mahoney | February 9, 2016
OITNB’s Taryn Manning is Suing New York for 2014 Arrest
Real life consequences for the fictional inmate?
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Alexis Evans | April 2, 2015
NYPD Cop’s Xenophobic Rant at Uber Driver Caught on Tape
A NYPD officer should be apologizing after his inappropriate rant was recorded.
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Anneliese Mahoney | March 15, 2015
NYPD Caught Editing Negative Wikipedia Entries
Edits to Wikipedia pages noting police brutality have been traced back to the NYPD.
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Kevin Rizzo | January 16, 2015
NYPD Slowdown Ignites Debate Over Broken Windows Policing
The NYPD's recent slowdown in enforcement of petty crimes and citations has ignited debate over the usefulness of...
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Kevin Rizzo | December 24, 2014
NYPD Deaths Escalate Tensions in New York
Tensions between the NYPD, protesters, local communities, and politicians continue to grow.
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Katherine Fabian | December 12, 2014
NYPD Busts $22 Million Counterfeit Goods Operation
Why can't the NYPD stop the clearly fake designer purses being sold on sidewalks?
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Anneliese Mahoney | December 5, 2014
Weird Arrests of the Week
Curious about the great male escort brawl of 2014?
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Anneliese Mahoney | October 10, 2014
Weird Arrests of the Week
With the long weekend coming up, you'll have some extra time to laugh about the weird, stupid, and...
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Katherine Fabian | August 14, 2014
Barneys Gets Busted: The Cost of Racial Profiling in Retail
On Monday, luxury department store Barneys New York made a $525,000 settlement in response to a racial profiling...
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Anneliese Mahoney | August 13, 2014
Social Media Search Warrant Fight Heats Up
A fight is brewing between law enforcement officials and Facebook, and it's just gotten some new players in...
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Ashley Powell | May 28, 2014
Top 5 Twitter Mishaps, Gaffes, and Straight Fails So Far in 2014
Twitter gaffes abound in the first five months of 2014. Here are our top five straight fails of...
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Ryan Purcell | May 23, 2014
NYPD Reigniting the Graffiti Wars
A new NYPD anti-graffiti directive compels officers to spend resources covering up graffiti throughout the city, even as...
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Anneliese Mahoney | May 13, 2014
Any One of Us Could Be Cecily McMillan
Have you ever been in a crowd of people that’s moving with a mind of its own? I’ve...
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Molly Hogan | January 31, 2014
With a New Regime, Can New York Settle on Controversial Policy?
For the past several years, the NYPD has been in trouble over a troubling “stop and frisk” policy....
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Law Street Media Staff | November 18, 2013
Stop and Frisk: Did Ending it Make a Difference?
Stop and frisk has been largely abandoned. Were proponents right and crime has gone up or are we...
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Robbin Antony | October 12, 2013
The Right to be Topless in Public – Clothes Are Optional NYC
A Brooklyn woman, Jessica Krigsman, asserted her right to be topless in public last July at Calvert Vaux Park in...