Tag: NYPD

Services for the New York City police officer from Long Island who died in the line of duty after being struck by an alleged drunk driver are planned for Monday and Tuesday in Greenlawn.

Police Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, of East Northport, a 14-year member of the department, was killed “in what can only be described as a senseless and completely avoidable chain of events,” according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.

A former New York City police officer from Long Island pled guilty Friday to obstruction of justice after authorities said she tried to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband and boyfriend’s teenage daughter.

Build-a-Rig For Scott, a community-based nonprofit on Long Island, held a charity event to build a ceremonial unit rig in memory of the late retired NYPD Officer Scott Blackshaw, who died at age 52 in 2018 of esophageal and brain cancer related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

Four men are being questioned by police after cops found a dead woman in the trunk of the car they rode in on an Inwood street early Wednesday morning.

A former New York City police officer from West Islip has admitted to selling drugs that caused a fatal overdose in 2019.

A formerly high-ranking New York City police officer from Long Island who was in charge of handling workplace harassment complaints has been fired after the department said investigators determined he anonymously posted racist rants online.

A formerly high-ranking New York City police officer from Long Island who was accused of anonymously posting racist rants online has retired after reportedly being suspended for 30 days without pay.

A New York City police officer from Long Island survived a brush with death in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve after being shot while responding to a domestic violence call in what Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio called a “Christmas miracle.”

Lawrence Byrne, the NYPD’s former deputy commissioner for legal matters, died on Sunday at age 61.