Ticket-Fixing Case Brings Out the Worst in NYPD Officers
Hero detective Steven McDonald showed up at the Bronx criminal courthouse Friday to support 16 cops who were arraigned in the ticket-fixing scandal. And...
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Ticket Fixing Scandal: Accused NYPD Officers Put Thousands of Criminal Cases in Jeopardy
Thousands of criminal cases could be in trouble in the Bronx – an unprecedented headache for prosecutors due to the ticket-fixing scandal. A Daily...
Read More ›Federal Judge Denies City’s Request to Delay Creating A New FDNY Firefighter Entrance Examination
A federal judge denied the city’s request for an extension to create a new Fire Department entrance exam that doesn’t discriminate against minority-group candidates....
Read More ›NYPD Cops Arrested for Trafficking Firearms, Cigarettes and Gambling Devices
Five New York Police Department officers smuggled firearms and slot machines they thought were stolen and some even used bolt cutters to pilfer hundreds...
Read More ›NYPD Auto Crime Unit Promotions Rare for Hispanics
Joseph Rivera alleges that Hispanic employees assigned to the Auto Crime Division of the Police Department City of New York aka NYPD were not...
Read More ›Is It Time For The Feds To Rein In The NYPD?
When it comes to proactive law enforcement, intelligence and counterterrorism operations, the New York City Police Department – the NYPD – is viewed by...
Read More ›NYPD cop sued for sexual harassment files SLAPP suit against accuser for $3M claiming defamation
After being accused of sexual harassment by my client Nelson Fernandez, Deputy Inspector Thomas Connolly files a SLAPP suit aka Strategic Lawsuit Against Public...
Read More ›School for scandal
Medgar Evers College is a real-life animal house. The dean of freshman studies said yesterday she was the target of a sexual-harassment campaign. Dean...
Read More ›Hempstead Police Official: I’m being forced to quit
Willie R. Dixon, until recently the second-in-command of Hempstead Village’s police department, plans to retire on July 22 — the result, he says, of...
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