"We need to pursue criminals when appropriate and stay our hand when the risks to the public and to our cops outweigh the ...

The firebug first lit a parked NYPD police car on fire near City Hall at around ... the arsonist — seen in surveillance footage wearing a black puffer jacket, black hood, and back face mask ...

The NYPD will pump the brakes on pursuing suspects wanted for lesser crimes, announced Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch last Wednesday.