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The now-defunct NYPD Street Crime Unit started in 1971. From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, crime in New York City was at record levels. [6] Undercover officers were asked to go into the New York City Subway and other high-risk areas in plain clothes, or dressed as a homeless person or as a decoy for those victimizing at-risk groups.
The NYPD tracked down a pair of Bronx car thieves thanks to an Apple AirTag before a wild caught-on-camera crash straight out of “The Fast and the Furious” that left one officer injured and ...
Larry Nevers was a former member of the Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets (STRESS) unit in Detroit, which was disbanded in 1974 after 20 Black men were shot by its police over a 3-year period. He was months away from retirement at the time of Green's death.
Police attempted to arrest Pitchford, a homeless man. During his arrest police hit him in the head and pepper sprayed him, and Pitchford died of asphyxiation. [110] [111] March 1, 2000 Malcolm Ferguson: 23 New York City, New York: Plainclothes officer Louis Rivera shot and killed Ferguson during a struggle. Prosecutors declined to charge Rivera.
That day, Walz, then in his second year as governor, declared a state of peacetime emergency and activated the Minneapolis National Guard to assist the overwhelmed police force.
Two gun-wielding road ragers traded shots in a fight over a Bronx parking spot Thursday — wounding a female bystander and leaving one of the gunmen fighting for his life, cops and sources said.
Dina Noto stands alongside her parked Toyota Corolla on Park Avenue, near Rowley Street, in Rochester Monday, March 18, 2024. The car was badly damaged when it got smashed during a police crash.
On January 27, the police body-worn camera video footage of the incident was released to the public. [132] Chief Davis stated that officials "decided it would be best to release the video later in the day after schools are dismissed and people are home from work" due to concern over the civil unrest that might result after its release. [132]