The family of Deon Taylor, a police officer who was serving his second tour in Afghanistan, is now grieving his death. The Humvee that Taylor, serving with the Army National Guard, and two other soldiers were traveling in was hit by a roadside bomb. The 30-year-old Brooklyn resident was a narcotics cop, working undercover at Brooklyn North, had an 8-year-old son, and was planning an August wedding with his fiance. His uncle, a 20-year veteran......

Should a soldier who served in Afghanistan be able to join the police force? Well, not in New York City, when the soldier in question has a previous gun possession convictions The New York Times looks at a machine gun-wielding active duty soldier who can't apply to the NYPD when he returns home. Specialist Osvaldo Hernandez is a paratrooper with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, set to be honorably discharged after his 15-month tour of......