Last year, a former NYPD officer sued the department for firing him, claiming that he was canned because a woman claimed he had flashed her. Owen Hopper argued that he could not have exposed himself to her, because she claimed her flasher was uncircumcised, but Hopper himself is circumcised. Now, a NY appeals court has upheld Hopper's dismissal. [ more › ]
Now that 1 World Trade has its spire, the city's gearing up for the building's opening next year, and it looks like security around it is going to be tight; the NYPD just unveiled its security plan for the area surrounding the World Trade Center, and they're creating an intense, fortress-like barrier to keep cars at bay. [ more › ]
The police are looking for a trio of Chinese women who allegedly convinced a 72-year-old to give them $2,000 so she could ward off evil spirits. [ more › ]
With Occupy Wall Street's presence in Union Square Park diminished, there's significantly less political dissent for police to crush than there was last spring, when the NYPD repeatedly chased protesters out of the park. Still, it'sShow More Summary
Vigilante Thursday continues with this report from a former bus driver who was sick and tired of watching hulking death machines on wheels ignore the bus-mounted stop sign that's supposed to keep children safe. For months, Mike Corvino recorded a litany of offenders on his Bronx route?including an MTA bus and an NYPD cruiser. Show More Summary
I'm stoked to introduce Sheldon, our butt-kicking Herbie of the Week. Sheldon is a retired NYPD captain and 9/11 first responder. During his police career, Sheldon was decorated in the line of duty 60 (SIXTY!!) times, yet it was his diet — not his public service — that almost cost him his life. Show More Summary
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg commissioned a report on SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin in advance of her ruling on the NYPD’s controversial “hey, you’re black, come get a pat down” “stop-and-frisk” policy. According to the report, Judge Scheindlin is biased because she ruled against the NYPD in search and seizure cases 60% of the time. Show More Summary
As temperatures continue to skyrocket into the low to mid-sixties up and down the East Coast, many beautiful and strange-looking women will soon find themselves faced with the eternal conundrum of summer: how to deal with a too-hot boob. Show More Summary
The plight of topless women around our fair city has been well-documented, thanks to crusading topless activists like Holly Van Voast and Moira Johnston—at this point, you'd think that everyone and their topless mother knows that you can't be arrested for letting your nips taste the spring air in NYC. Show More Summary
A paparazzo whose schtick is to work topless is suing the NYPD -- claiming cops had NO RIGHT to arrest her for going boobs-out in public... because half-naked is LEGAL in NYC.TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed by 46-year-old Holly Van Voast -- who…
Nicholas Heyward is a haunted man. He is one of many New Yorkers who have lost loved ones to the police. Nineteen years ago, Heyward's son was playing with a toy gun in the stairwell of a Boerum Hill housing project in Brooklyn, New York, when he was fatally shot by an NYPD officer. Show More Summary
A judge has dismissed the indictment against the NYPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed teen in his Bronx home last year. The dismissal was for a technicality, as the Bronx DA's office erroneously instructed members of the grand jury that they did not have to consider if Officer Richard Haste's colleagues informed him that 18-year-old Ramarley Graham was armed. [ more › ]
Big day for heroic firefighters: In Georgia, firefighters received an award from PETA for rescuing ducklings from a storm drain. Meanwhile, in New York City, the FDNY had to rescue an NYPD officer and a cat stuck 30 feet up in a tree. Read more...
An FDNY company had to retrieve an NYPD officer who was trapped in a tree after he attempted to rescue a cat this afternoon. According to a spokesman for the fire department, the officer was stuck in a tree about 30 feet above the ground near 230th Street at 67th Avenue in Queens. Show More Summary
As marijuana arrests have fallen by 20% in 2013, the NYPD has increased the number of arrests for DWI by the same percentage compared with this time last year. The Post reports that the precinct with the biggest increase is Greenwich Village's 6th, where 170 drivers have been arrested as of May 5, compared to the 81 that were picked up by this time in 2012. [ more › ]
Police are looking for a man who robbed a subway station agent in Queens while posing as an MTA worker, the NYPD said.
"The unintended consequence is it’s become incredibly demanded information — it’s everywhere." NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, “It’s something that obviously is a concern.” To Wilson, they merely prove his point: The “great thinkers...Show More Summary
We've got a pair of doubles this week, with both of the most insightful comments coming from one post, and both of the funniest coming from another. On the insightful side, it all happened on our post about the NYPD sergeant who said that guilty-until-proven-innocent is the price we pay for freedom. Show More Summary
In March, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told City Council members that the number of marijuana arrests made in New York City are "going down." Today the Post has numbers backing up Kelly's assertion: arrests for marijuana possession are...Show More Summary
The Brooklyn DA's office is currently reviewing 50 murder convictions involving retired NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella, who helped wrongfully convict a recently released man who served 23 years for a murder he didn't commit. Previously...Show More Summary