​Security increased after fatal stabbing at NYC shelter

Former teacher nearly decapitated, allegedly by his roommate, at East Harlem homeless shelter for men with mental health issues

• Jan 31, 2016

Alleged slashers careers' cut short in NYC

This week, one man was indicted in the Bronx for cutting a woman there and another in Manhattan; an alleged subway slasher was also charged in Brooklyn

• Jan 29, 2016

Bronx man charged in deadly machete attack

Police say that the suspect's attack on his 59-year-old neighbor was unprovoked

• Jan 25, 2016

Police search for serial NYC bank robber

In each incident, police said the suspect approached the teller and demanded money and made off with anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000

• Jan 25, 2016

Police seek 2 suspects for December rape at NYC park

Once inside the park with her, the suspects allegedly raped and physically assaulted the 33-year-old victim

• Jan 14, 2016

New York City police officer shot responding to large fight

NYPD commissioner says 25-year-old officer was shot on day of his fourth anniversary with police department

• Jan 9, 2016

Internal charges for officer in Garner chokehold death

NYPD says supervising sergeant at the scene of Eric Garner's death on Staten Island in July 2014 is charged with failure to supervise

• Jan 8, 2016

NYPD: Jumper lands on hospital oxygen tank, severing supply

Police say 31-year-old man was pronounced dead and ER at Mount Sinai West Hospital was evacuated

• Jan 8, 2016

NYC settles lawsuits over Muslim surveillance by police

Deal requires the NYPD to modify guidelines to prohibit investigations based on race, religion or ethnicity, civil rights lawyers say

• Jan 7, 2016

​Throngs pack Times Square for New Year's bash

Estimated 1 million people resolve to celebrate New Year's Eve with gusto and optimism in Big Apple, despite terror concerns and heavy security

• Jan 1, 2016

Keeping New York's Times Square safe on New Year's Eve

With a million people expected in person and a billion more watching on TV, officials are determined to make Times Square the safest place on earth

• Dec 29, 2015

NYPD adds 1,123 new officers, including 3 brothers

For Alec, John and Stephen Favale, being a police officer is all in the family -- their dad is a cop, too

• Dec 29, 2015

NY sergeant accused of shooting mother of his child

Police say Jose Guerrero shot the woman during a domestic dispute

• Dec 28, 2015

Cellphone video putting police in sometimes harsh light

Fresh scrutiny of how police cope with proliferation of cellphone video documenting them on the job; NYPD cop this week pleaded not guilty to misconduct for 2014 arrest of man who was recording him

• Dec 25, 2015

NYPD detective among 6 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan

Detective Joseph Lemm was one of six U.S. service members killed in a suicide attack on a patrol near Bagram Air Base, the NYPD says

• Dec 21, 2015

Maine native at center of school threat hoax probe

Investigators say all of the emails were routed through a server in Germany run by Vincent Canfield, a 21-year-old American

• Dec 18, 2015

NYPD officer charged with child molestation

Jacob Sabbagh, 33, was charged for allegedly sexually molesting a child over three years

• Dec 18, 2015

Police given email account details in LA hoax threat

The owner of an email hosting service known for pranks says he gave police information they subpoenaed concerning the account that generated the threat that shut Los Angeles schools

• Dec 16, 2015

Manhunt after New York police chase ends in crash

Two were arrested and police are searching for one more after police and suspects crashed in Yonkers, N.Y. on Tuesday

• Dec 8, 2015

Russian girls thank police for dad's Hollywood rescue

Girls write NYPD, after detectives on business in L.A. subdued a man who was slashing their father on the Walk of Fame

• Nov 30, 2015

New York-area increase security in response to Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs

NYPD says there are no specific threats to local Planned Parenthood clinics in New York

• Nov 27, 2015

FBI warned of Planned Parenthood attacks months ago

An FBI bulletin sent in September 2015 warned of attacks as Congress debated funding for Planned Parenthood

• Nov 27, 2015

Authorities on high alert for Thanksgiving after Paris

Thanksgiving no holiday for law enforcement across the country as authorities focus on potential copycat terror attacks

• Nov 26, 2015

NYPD "completely unlawful" in arrest of NBAer, review finds

Review board slams cops' actions in incident where Atlanta Hawks' Thabo Sefolosha was so violently arrested they broke a leg

• Nov 24, 2015

Active Shooter

U.S. police departments are training their officers -- and members of the public, in some cases -- how to respond to and stay alive in active shooter attacks

• Nov 22, 2015

Show More