Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has ordered a review of a little-known vehicle unit amid concerns that some NYPD executives may be using cars that are earmarked for investigators, the

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch continued Wednesday to make sweeping changes within the NYPD — this time with dramatic shifts in the department’s vehicle pursuit policy. Officer pursuits will now only be permitted in which suspected,

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Wednesday a new policy for Police Department vehicle pursuits.

The NYPD has updated its policy on vehicle pursuits, essentially limiting them to the most serious crimes, in an effort to make the streets safer.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police department is curbing its use of high-speed chases after finding that about one-quarter of more than 2,200 initiated by officers last year led to a collision, property damage, physical harm or death.

Under the new policy, NYPD officers will only chase suspects involved in felonies or violent crimes and rely on “advanced tools of modern-day policing” to track other fleeing

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NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday announced a new police vehicle pursuit policy that she said would “make both the police and the public safer,” reforming a tactic that had been aggressively carried out under previous police leadership.