A Round and a Roundy: So What Do Cops Do All Day?
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Our editorial cartoonist, Bill Roundy, pokes fun at the notion of a car-based security force (one that collects about $700 million in overtime every year).
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD
Pedestrian Killed in Three-Car Crash — Speeding Driver Charged
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A Brooklyn woman doing nothing but walking near her Midwood home was struck and killed on Sunday night after a speeding driver ran a red light and crashed into another car that went careening into the victim, police said.
I Was Cursed by a Cop for Fixing the Second Avenue Bike Lane!
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The officer, who was directing traffic to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at around 7 a.m., provided a textbook example of NYPD personnel escalating a situation.
Mayor to Streetsblog: No, I Have Not Fired Any Bad Cops Yet
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Mayor de Blasio on Thursday said that no bad cops had yet been fired since he promised, almost exactly a month ago to fire "anybody who should not be a police officer."
Wednesday’s Headlines: NYPD Budget Blues
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The mayor claims to have cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion, but Corey Johnson begs to differ.
SEE IT: Driver Hurls Firecrackers At Black Lives Matter Protesters
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“Police were right there, they saw this happening and didn’t come up the ramp to do anything about it,” said one witness.