In 2024, there were 2,278 police car pursuits, 25% of which resulted in collisions, property damage or personal loss or injury, according to NYPD data. Officials said 67% of such collisions ...
NYPD car chases have surged during the Adams administration as police tried to curtail the use of ghost cars — vehicles with fake license plates — since many of those cars are used in crimes ...
Last week we asked the Jalopnik audience to share the weirdest unmarked police cars they’ve ever seen, and honestly there were more off-the-wall models than I expected. I picked answers that were ...
A group of retired police chiefs ... the AM radio in new cars as a simple means to get the word out to the public in emergencies. The chiefs, including former NYPD Chiefs of Department Terence ...
Google Maps A Bronx man alleged an NYPD officer ... his mom’s car near a fire hydrant to drop a friend off at her Fordham Heights home in December, when four to six police officers approached ...
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.
The police department’s press office didn’t respond when asked whether the quality of life enforcement overhaul directly impacts the Community Response Team. The new commissioner, Adams’ fourth in ...
But one news outlet, StreetsBlog NYC, reported that the incident might be connected to a vehicle pursuit, after discovering a FreedomNews.Tv interview of a witness who saw a marked police car closely ...
NYPD cops won’t chase ... a staggering rise in NYPD car chases, many of which led to devastating crashes that left innocent New Yorkers injured or dead. Police pursuits jumped nearly 600% ...
This file photo from Dec. 30,, 2023, shows a damaged NYPD police car which was in pursuit of a vehicle when it crashed and caught fire. (Owen Reiter for the Staten Island Advance)(Owen Reiter for ...