News tagged with new york police department

NYPD Facebook probe raises free speech question

(AP) -- The Facebook group was titled "No More West Indian Day Detail," referring to police patrol for a raucous annual Brooklyn parade.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hackers send fake terror alerts from NBC's Twitter

(AP) -- A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

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created Sep 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikileaks releases pager intercepts from 9/11

Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology

(AP) -- The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire incident that left a cop dead ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

NYPD Goes Green

(PhysOrg.com) -- New York City has a goal to reduce its overall carbon footprint. For Manhattan, the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases 30% by 2017. As part of this effort, the New York City Police Department ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 weblog