Faced with an exodus of officers retiring or quitting, the NYPD has been trying to get more potential recruits signed up to take the police examination, a crucial step in joining the department.

An ex-con on parole shot and wounded an NYPD detective before he was shot by police during a wild four-hour standoff on the Lower East Side early Tuesday, officials said. Detective Terry Avent ...

BAYSIDE, Queens (PIX11) – NYPD officers fatally shot a man armed with a handgun outside a police station in Queens Tuesday evening, officials said. The shooting happened at the 111th Precinct ...

The chief said police were still investigating why the man came to the station house and exactly how his conversation with the officer led to the shooting. The NYPD’s force investigation ...

LOWER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- An NYPD detective was shot Tuesday morning during a police standoff with a barricaded suspect at an apartment building on the Lower East Side. The officer has non-life ...

A violent ex-con on parole shot and wounded an NYPD cop in a four-hour standoff with police at a Lower East Side public housing project early Tuesday morning, officials said. The NYPD Emergency ...

Police officers fatally shot a 79-year-old man Tuesday evening after he pointed a firearm at an officer outside an NYPD precinct in Queens, authorities said. The unidentified man exited a vehicle ...

The officers, showing restraints and not returning fire, backed out of the apartment and the suspect barricaded himself inside by pushing a couch up against the door, police said. The NYPD Hostage ...

The city paid out nearly $206 million to settle lawsuits alleging police and prosecutorial misconduct ... the culture of impunity within the NYPD that allows this gross misconduct to persist ...

Reports from the city’s Department of Investigation have found the NYPD has fallen short. Months before lawmakers prepared to grill police brass over that record and technology like ShotSpotter ...

CLINTON HILL, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A man was shot and killed inside a Brooklyn lounge on Sunday, according to the NYPD. Police said it happened at the Socialites Lounge, located at 857 Atlantic Ave.