On the Bronx streets where New York City’s new police commissioner started as a patrolman in the crime-ravaged early 1990s, gunfire and burned-out buildings were everywhere. Sometimes the police radio would crackle with a different kind of call, not for a shooting or stabbing but for a sick child, a locked apartment door or a marriage on the rocks. “I remember...

New York City’s newly sworn-in police commissioner has told the force he wants to change a media-driven misperception that officers and the communities they patrol have a bad relationship. Dermot Shea took the oath from Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at a police headquarters ceremony and said it’s “truly humbling” to be the 44th commissioner of the NYPD. In...

Dermot Shea will soon have the ultimate responsibility for keeping NYC the “Safest Big City in America” — but faces many serious challenges in doing so.

While no one is saying Dermot Shea is unqualified to lead the largest police department in the world, some are questioning why Mayor de Blasio skipped over First Deputy Commissioner Ben Tucker, the highest-ranked African American member of the force and James O’Neill’s right hand man, for the position. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea is the successor to Commissioner James O’Neill — set to lead the largest, and one of the oldest, police forces in the United States, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed in a tweet Monday afternoon.

An off-duty NYPD officer died after being found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound late Tuesday, police said

A New York City teenager wrote a heartfelt thank you letter to a Bronx detective who delivered on a promise she made more than four years ago: She would catch the man who raped her as a 12-year-old getting off the bus

A man who authorities say caused dozens of subway delays by pulling emergency brakes has been arrested again for allegedly “surfing” on the outside of a train.

Elected officials joined New York City and Long Island police union leaders on Wednesday to announce proposed legislation that would make throwing water on cops a felony. It comes in the wake of outrage over viral video that showed a Harlem crowd throwing buckets of water on officers making an arrest.

After a string of incidents involving NYPD officers getting drenched with water, politicians and police union leaders are hoping to make the dousings a felony. Some argue they are overreacting. NBC 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Police are searching for a man who was caught on camera spraying water at two traffic agents in Queens last Wednesday.

Elected officials joined New York City and Long Island police union leaders on Wednesday to announce proposed legislation that would make throwing water on cops a felony. It comes in the wake of outrage over viral video that showed a Harlem crowd throwing buckets of water on officers making an arrest.

A New York City man has been charged in the latest caught-on-video case of people dousing police officers with buckets of water

The man who was allegedly seen on video dousing two female officers has been arrested and faces charges. The arrest comes days after three others were arrested for separate incidents involving crowds soaking NYPD officers. NBC 4 New York’s Natalie Pasquarella reports.

President Trump joined the chorus of people upset about videos showing NYPD officers getting doused with buckets of water, calling it a ‘total disgrace’

Three people face charges after videos went viral on social media showing police officers getting doused with buckets of water — and at least one instance, having a bucket thrown at their heads, while making an arrest in Manhattan.

The 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the killing of Francesco Cali, a reputed boss of the Gambino crime family who was gunned down in a brazen hit earlier this month, returned to Staten Island Monday to face charges.

The funeral for former NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez honored a man who rushed into the rubble on 9/11, and then spent the later years of his life fighting to get the Victims Compensation Fund passed and permanently funded after getting sick himself. NBC 4 New York’s John Chandler reports.

Thousands are gathered to mourn a former New York City police detective who spent his dying days pleading with Congress to extend benefits for his fellow 9/11 first responders at a funeral service in Queens Wednesday.

Police say his motive was to create chaos. Marc Santia reports.