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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Fort Greene and Clinton Hill will be next on the NYPD’s list of neighborhoods in which they will use their community policing model starting in October, according to an announcement made by the department on Tuesday. Community policing breaks precincts into quadrants, and groups
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(Courtesy: Policy Exchange / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/policyexchange/7105974645/in/photolist-bPVYGe-qpeEfU-q7TnU8-qpfhg1-qp7VAr-wgAHcm-qn24sY-q7RZjT-q7LagQ-qpiFjn-q7JVaJ-kbZ99e-q7RLPT-q7JUAs-kbPGrk-q7TrPc-qn2gtG-jeVGzc-kbQh98-qpiHXZ-q7TrYR-q7JZ19-qn2sv1-q7TyrR-q7JUio-kbQ9be-qpi74p-q7K4MU-q7T5Sx-qpeuSW-qn2iAN-q5Yfd1-qpido8-psxaKc-psxty8-qpf8oS-prPXpp-q7Tw3T-qiV8qs-q7JqDf-q65HCi-qpeyYm-kc2p5S-kbQ1hZ-q7Td2H-kcGGxa-qn1T4S-r7P8F1-66R7xQ-k6nqsZ] )Commissioner Bill Bratton will step down a
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The defendants. (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney.)Three Brooklyn men who police allege were engaged in gang warfare have been indicted in the murder of Carey Gabay [/?s=carey+gabay], announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a press conference today at 350
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/8554386075/in/photolist-e2VsX6-7DjZ4h-pLgh4Q-s1V4Bf-4NWdok-7JtXmh-66YzCb-n2Cg6-sikcXG-s1V4vo-sikcU5-s1TYEw-qHg8cH-nWwxCg-oe1vJF-obYtvj-5at3YZ-5axk51-qqQPNk-4KmgdB-dpmBUS-6wPejN-praaxM-3jgctu-6WQanj-4QHAmP-sikdqf-obYCAU-at8km9-sirz9B-nWw1ix-odRdzh-8FRz9u-6JXhAo-sgcenN-odHmwc-odWz3j-nWvSsc-c5UWdC-qHgewr-ionXEk-4QMNmJ-5e6qso-qEYwNs-c5UZB5-gvmbV7-qqPjox-qqQK1K-qHc3Kb-7JtWTJ] )Seven have been arrested for allegedly selling drugs l
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Special Operations Officers at the counterterrorism drill at Leon M. Goldstein High School. (Photo provided by the NYPD)The police and fire departments launched a massive counterterrorism drill Sunday at Leon M. Goldstein High School to test officers’ response to tactics used in recent terror attacks around the world. More
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NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them? Deputy Inspector James
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NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt at Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)The new commanding officer at the 68th Precinct brings with him a troubling record of allegations of civil rights violations against civilians. Captain Joseph Hayward – who took the helm of
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)In response to pressure from local politicians, the city is sending an additional 20 officers to Coney Island this summer to clear out costumed characters and panhandlers who have been hassling residents and visitors in the neighborhood’s amusement
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA Bensonhurst man was busted during the probe of a massive, Brooklyn-based heroin trafficking ring that pulled in $1.5 million a year, according to a 368-count indictment revealed today. Gandin “Geets” Matos, 30, and 24 others, were charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, sale and possession
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A 52-year-old Borough Park woman was raped in her home Monday after opening the door to two men, according to police — the latest incident in a disturbing spike in reported rapes across the city. The New York Daily News reported Tuesday [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/2-suspects-sought-rape-robbery-borough-park-woman-article-1.2291723] : >
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Source: arlingtonva [https://www.flickr.com/photos/arlingtonva/7983213346/] FlickrIn the wake of yesterday’s shooting [/two-struck-when-gunman-opens-fire-at-at-coney-island-housing-project/] — which wounded two, including a senior citizen — Councilman Mark Treyger is calling on the NYPD to put its new gunfire-tracking technology to use in Coney Island. The councilman sent a letter to Commissioner
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RAOA President Belogorodsky holds up NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s official stamp of approval. (Source: RAOA)Russian-Americans are being recognized for their contributions to the New York City Police Department, as the Russian American Officers Association [http://www.raoa.net/index.html] (RAOA) is now listed as an official department
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Family, friends and police brass pose with the new vessel named for Harry Ryman; inset: Ryman (Source: NYPD)The fallen officer’s grandson, Mathew Ryman, posing with the vessel (Source: NYPD)NYPD top brass helped christen two new police response boats, one of which was named in memory of Police
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Rodriguez (Source: Facebook)Rosa Rodriguez, the police officer critically injured in a Coney Island fire allegedly set by a bored teen [/coney-fire-cops-injured/], returned home Monday after more than a month in the hospital. Daily News set the scene [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/injured-coney-island-blaze-heading-home-article-1.1797852] : > There were pipes and
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Next year will be the last year for the annual New Year’s Eve steam whistle show on Pratt Institute’s campus, officials say. (Photo by Scott Lynch)The familiar sound of Pratt Institute’s New Year’s Eve steam whistles will ring in 2014 – and 2015 – but midnight on