A cadre of top black NYPD brass demanded changes in the department's approach to crimefighting Sunday after reassuring the family of slain cop Omar Edwards that he died a hero.

About 20 high-ranking cops visited Edwards' Brooklyn home to offer their sympathy to his grieving family and their solution to stopping

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) - Unions representing Hobbs and Carlsbad police officers have sued District Attorney Janetta Hicks, asking a Carlsbad district judge to stop Hicks from requiring officers to prosecute misdemeanors.

An attorney for the unions says police officers are not trained attorneys.

In February, Hicks notified law enforcement agencies in Lea, Eddy and Chaves counties that her office would prosecute only cases of drunken driving or domestic violence between intimate

She looked at her father and saw only a monster.

The daughter of convicted murderer John Galtieri ripped her dad as a remorseless savage Wednesday before the ex-cop was sentenced to life in prison for the cold-blooded killing of his former wife.

"You are a coward," seethed Patricia Kane DeFranco, standing between he

A Washington grand jury has indicted Former New York police Commissioner Bernard Kerik over making false statement to land on a top government job.

According to the indictment, Former New York police Commissioner Kerik collected around USD 225,000 in home renovations from contractors eying New York City businesses during his time as the police boss between 1998 and 2002.

Former US pres

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have begun handing out small cards telling people why they were stopped and searched on city streets.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday that the pilot program began earlier this month in three precincts. It follows a study of so-called "stop-and-frisk" tactics that says officers need to better explain what they're doing.