hitting an ESU ballistic shield. The officers backed out of the apartment and the suspect barricaded himself inside by pushing a couch up against the door, the sources said The NYPD Hostage ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A man who allegedly pointed a gun toward police was fatally wounded after NYPD officers opened ... Division, the Emergency Service Unit (ESU) and the Highway Patrol are ...

Across the United States, the hiring of non-white officers ... NYPD officers. Criminal convictions also reduce the pool of black candidates by 30 percent, he said. "If you're a smart young black ...