Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. Sunday when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to

The NYPD, which under Mayor Adams has re-emphasized “broken windows” policing, is about to focus even more on quality-of-life offenses as a way of preventing more serious crime, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday.

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

Kevin Catalina, the Suffolk police department's second-in-command and a veteran of the NYPD, was nominated to be Suffolk's new police commissioner Tuesday, sources said.

A former sergeant for the New York Police Department has died in a suspected drowning on Long Island. Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time,

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters. Despite receiving CPR and being rushed to a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead.

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.

A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year.

The NYPD released an age-progressed image of Arkadiy "ARK" Tashman, who disappeared from Staten Island in 2005, to renew public interest and gather information.

NEW YORK -- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivered the annual State of the NYPD address on Thursday, outlining the department's priorities and challenges ahead. The speech was a chance for Tisch to talk about what's working, what's not, and to put forth her vision for 2025.

Mascia had claimed that he had approached what he believed to be a stranded motorist and that, as he did so, he was shot by a dark-skinned male in a black sedan, possibly a Dodge Charger, with a temporary New Jersey license plate.