KOMANOFF: Disband NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad
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In this clarion call op-ed, Charles Komanoff argues that the NYPD's crash investigation unit needs to be replaced by civilians.
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Woman In Critical Condition After Hit-And-Run on Queens Boulevard
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Paramedics rushed the woman in critical condition to Jamaica Hospital, which is already dealing with an influx of coronavirus patients.
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD Must Include Traffic Crashes In Crime Data
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Council Member Mark Treyger wants New York’s Finest to include traffic crashes its world-renowned crime data portal known as CompStat so that crashes are treated with equal seriousness by the NYPD.
Cops Finally Charge Driver Who Ran Over and Killed Queens Senior Last Fall
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Police have arrested the driver who killed an elderly pedestrian last fall — six months after the fatal Queens crash.
Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand
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“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”
Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard
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Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.