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An officer activated his lights and sirens on a NYPD vehicle in an effort to initiate a car stop. However, the complaint alleges that Valdez hit the gas, forcing the officer to drive at over 60 ...

NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday announced a new police vehicle pursuit policy that would “make both the police and the public safer," according to The City. The new policy ...

NEW YORK - The NYPD announced a change in its policy on high-speed chases. There's a new directive to keep the public, and officers, safe while catching criminals. In 2022, the NYPD went on the ...

NYPD officers will no longer be allowed to chase after vehicles fleeing car stops under a new departmentwide policy that allows pursuits only when a felony crime or a violent misdemeanor is ...

New York City police officers will no longer engage in high-speed pursuits of suspects in low-level crimes in a move aimed at keeping civilians and officers safe, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

In December, we reported that the number of car chases by New York Police Department officers skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, accompanied by a rise in the crash rate for NYPD vehicles.

The policy, announced Wednesday by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, will prohibit vehicle chases for low-level infractions, limiting pursuits to incidents that involve more serious violent crimes.

“The NYPD’s enforcement efforts must never put the public or the police at undue risk, and pursuits for violations and low-level crimes can be both potentially dangerous and unnecessary,” Tisch said ...

FILE - A police car drives through the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Wednesday a new policy for Police Department vehicle pursuits. The policy sets guidelines and standards for when officers are ...