(They haven’t “been a popular thing to see for some folks,” according to the captain of a SWAT team that uses them in Wisconsin.) The NYPD had its first BearCat by 2004. Five years later ...

In response to questions about the use of a SWAT team for the Columbia University operation, Assistant Chief Carlos Valdez, the commanding officer of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit, defended the ...

The NYPD Hostage Negotiation team was called out to assist. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at the briefing that officers tried to work with family to get the man to leave the apartment.

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 ...