International Business News - NYPD http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: men in dark suits, sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177334-citigroup-jobs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/nypd-open-new-counterterrorism-nerve-center.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/nypd-open-new-counterterrorism-nerve-center.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:48 EST The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: Men in dark suits sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/lower-manhattan-security-initiative-launched.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:57 EST Any way you slice it, there's only one NYPD--and it's not on a menu. That's what Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne says about the New York Police Department's recent settlement of a trademark dispute with a Florida-based pizzeria chain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/fla-pizza-chain-settles-with-nypd-over-its-name.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:26:03 EDT New York City police union officials say officers have overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives them a 17 percent raise over four years and increases starting pay for rookies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/nyc-police-union-approves-new-contract.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:40:40 EDT A former New York City police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing handguns from a police evidence room and trading them for painkillers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/ex-nypd-officer-gets-5-years-for-stealing-handguns.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:30:46 EDT As New York City's crime rate continues to drop, police officers are using their weapons less, and last year they fired the fewest times since the police department began recording the statistic three decades ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/nypd-says-fewer-officers-intentionally-fired-guns.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:13:41 EDT The New York Police Department is working on a plan to track every car, truck or other vehicle entering Manhattan and screen them for radioactive materials and other terrorism threats. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nypd-seeks-to-screen-vehicles-entering-manhattan.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:42:20 EDT The New York Police Department is working on a plan to track every car, truck or other vehicle entering Manhattan and screen it for radiation or other terror threats. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nypd-seeks-to-screen-vehicles-entering-manhattan.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:17:31 EDT The New York Police Department has unveiled two high-tech patrol boats that can sniff out radiological or nuclear threats from miles away. The police Counterterrorism Division demonstrated the boats Friday and say they have sensors that can detect minute amounts of radiation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/nypd-unveils-boats-that-can-detect-nuclear-threats.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:48:22 EDT He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books. Now Marc Sageman can add a new entry to his resume: terrorism guru for the New York Police Department. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87069-terrorism-scholar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/nypd-now-has-own-scholar-to-help-review-threats.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/nypd-now-has-own-scholar-to-help-review-threats.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:23:32 EDT The NYPD is expanding its use of the Taser stun gun, a common tool in the law enforcement arsenal that's seen limited use in the nation's largest police force. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/nyc-police-adding-stun-guns-to-officers-belts.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:09:20 EDT Civil rights advocates have won access to the New York Police Department's internal, electronic database to search for any racial bias among hundreds of thousands of pedestrian street-stop cases. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/group-wins-access-to-nypd-database-on-street-stops.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 21:31:01 EDT A white police officer was disciplined for acting "in a discourteous manner" when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York City Police Department, an agency spokesman said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080510/nypd-disciplines-white-officer-who-stopped-black-commander.htm Sat, 10 May 2008 17:04:28 EDT A civil liberties group filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the NYPD's practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/groups-lawsuit-challenges-nypds-stop-and-frisk-policy.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 12:15:33 EDT