An officer activated his lights and sirens on a NYPD vehicle in an effort to initiate a car stop. However, the complaint alleges that Valdez hit the gas, forcing the officer to drive at over 60 ...
New York City police officers will no longer engage in high-speed pursuits of suspects in low-level crimes in a move aimed at keeping civilians and officers safe, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...
In December, we reported that the number of car chases by New York Police Department officers skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, accompanied by a rise in the crash rate for NYPD vehicles.
They will have discretion to terminate chases if they do not feel it can be continued safely. Last October, a bicycle rider was struck and killed by a pickup truck that police were chasing after a ...
The NYPD will stop initiating dangerous and often high-speed pursuits of suspects fleeing non-violent crimes and traffic infractions under a new policy created by Commissioner Jessica Tisch to ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Wednesday a new policy for Police Department vehicle pursuits. The policy sets guidelines and standards for when officers are ...
On April 5, 2023, the NYPD’s press office put out an incident sheet on a 64-year-old bicyclist in The Bronx who was struck and killed by the driver of a white pickup truck that had allegedly sped and ...
Last October, a bicycle rider was struck and killed by a pickup truck that police were chasing after a suspected robbery in Queens. “The NYPD’s enforcement efforts must never put the public or ...
KEW GARDENS HILLS, Queens (PIX11) – A man was found dead in a garbage bag underneath a bed in a Queens apartment on Tuesday, according to the NYPD. Police officers were conducting a wellness ...
Under the new policy, NYPD officers will only chase suspects involved in felonies or violent crimes and rely on “advanced tools of modern-day policing” to track other fleeing drivers.