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Hot Pursuit: NYPD Chases Still Surging Unleashing Danger on City Streets
Drivers seeking to escape the NYPD — and the agency's massive increase in its pursuit of said drivers — continue to surge.
May 29, 2024
Cops May Be Falsely Reporting Their Parking Placards as ‘Lost,’ Records Suggest
New York City cops may be reporting their city-issued parking placards as lost in order to hold on to them even after they’ve expired.
January 15, 2024
The NYPD Doesn’t Want You to Know the Official Policy on Police Chases
The NYPD Patrol Guide has certain pages deleted and the CCRB, the main watchdog, took them down, too. Experts are alarmed.
August 30, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Chased to Death Edition
A man is dead after an NYPD officer knocked him off his moped as he fled an alleged drug bust. Plus more news.
August 25, 2023
Wednesday’s Headlines: Who Watches the Watchmen Edition
The NYPD's top risk management official is out after criticizing cops' use of vehicular pursuits. Plus more news.
August 23, 2023
SEE IT: Cops Nearly Kill Teen on Moped on Brooklyn Greenway
The NYPD has a history of officers recklessly using their vehicles in chases. On Wednesday, its officers almost killed a moped rider.
June 9, 2023
City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.
August 12, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah
New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
July 12, 2021
On-Duty Police Involved in Nearly 4,000 Traffic Collisions Per Year
To reduce collisions involving city fleet vehicles, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services began collecting and sharing data on such crashes in 2014. NYPD was the only agency not to comply, but in response to a FOIL request from Streetsblog, the department recently shared basic numbers on crashes involving department personnel.
February 23, 2017
NYPD Is Still Shielding NYPD Crash Data From the Public
It's been almost six months since Streetsblog filed a freedom of information request for data on traffic crashes involving NYPD personnel. NYPD has not released the data, or given us a reason for not doing so.
September 20, 2016