NYPD Football Cops Going to Trial
Two female NYPD officers’ disciplined for tossing football with young boy while on their post are now heading to Trial. “This is yet another...
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NYPD v. Police Officer Maria Diaz-Leon
On or about June 30, 2008, the Department Advocate’s Office charged Police Officer Maria Diaz-Leon with the following allegations of misconduct: Police Officer Maria...
Read More ›Bronx Cop Accused of Undervaluing Stolen iPad
A Bronx cop accused of fudging crime stats by undervaluing a stolen iPad faces a Department Hearing. Officer Damian McIntosh made what should have...
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 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 ›Two female NYPD officers’ disciplined for tossing football with young boy while on their post
Two female NYPD officers’ disciplined for tossing football with young boy while on their post. Their lawyer, Eric Sanders, said the NYPD needs to...
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...
Read More ›Officers who faced charges after fatal shooting of Gilberto Blanco in Brooklyn could be cleared soon
Two cops hailed as heroes and then brought up on departmental charges after a fatal shooting in Brooklyn could soon be in the clear....
Read More ›British Are Coming to Fight Cancer; an Officer Is Cleared
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the fatal shooting of a day laborer by Officer Dawn Ortiz of the New York City police more than two...
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