NYC DOE employee accused of assaulting 13-year-old student: sources
A New York City Department of Education employee was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old student, according to sources. Elvin Ventura, 53, was ...
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Voting Precinct Closures Threaten To Disenfranchise Black Voters In Virginia
Virginia's Appomattox County Board of Elections has made a request to close voting locations in two precincts that primarily serve Black voters. Virginia’s Appomattox County Board of Elections ...
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NYPD brain drain: NYC detectives retiring in droves sparks fears of ‘chaotic’ crime crisis
The number of detectives in the NYPD has dropped below 5,000 for the ... auto crime, individual precinct detective squads, the bomb squad and the arson and explosion squad, Munro said.
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Who is Melissa Mercado? The 'Pole Dancing' NYPD Detective Spotted In Video
Languages: English and Swahili. Detective Melissa Mercado is a $144,000-a-year New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who has been with the force for seven years, records show. NYPD ...
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New York’s Gang Database Keeps the City Safe—And Lawmakers Want to Kill It
This wasn’t by chance, but the result of the NYPD’s focused approach to gun violence ... It simply organizes intelligence that would otherwise be scattered across 78 precincts and multiple department ...
Forest Hills Post17d
112 Precinct Map
The Queens Jewish Link marked its 13th-anniversary “bar-mitzvah” celebration in spectacular fashion on Feb. 26, marking its milestone 600th issue with an evening of networking, activism and heartfelt ...
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NYPD fatally shoots man firing gun in air outside NYC Home Depot in apparent suicide-by-cop: sources
It is being investigated by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division ... when he refused to drop his firearm outside the 111th Precinct in Bayside, Queens, the evening of Feb. 18, police and ...
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Armed Suspect Fatally Shot by NYPD Officers in Staten Island Home Depot Parking Lot Confrontation
officers from the 123rd Precinct responded to a report of an armed individual in a black Jeep Wrangler around 5:20 a.m. Assistant Chief Melissa Eger of the NYPD said that the officers tactically ...
The Brooklyn Paper20d
Three Brooklynites killed in car crashes over three-day period: NYPD
Three people were killed in car crashes in Brooklyn in just three days last week, according to the NYPD. One pedestrian and two passengers died in three separate incidents in East New York, Downtown ...
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NYPD reduces college credit requirement for new recruits, reinstates training run
The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop ...
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In recruiting effort, NYPD lowers college credit requirement for Police Academy entry
In an effort to address a “hiring crisis,” the NYPD is rolling out a three-part plan aimed at recruiting more candidates and modernizing education requirements, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...