Police found weapons, ammunition, and 27 bags of marijuana in the closet of the 17-year-old son of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association's Second Vice President Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar, according to the Daily News. Authorities searched the Bronx home of Hameed Abdul-Jabbar because they suspected he may have been connected to a shooting, and found a 9mm Ruger, ten rounds of live ammunition, and a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with five shells in addition to the drugs. more ›

"Snitches Get Stitches," so the saying goes. But the undercover NYPD officer whose work was largely responsible for the department's ticket-fixing woes has just been promoted. The Wall Street Journal reports that he has been bumped up a rank by Commissioner Ray Kelly at a "private ceremony." The now first-class detective had cut hair before becoming a cop, and was able to get a job at one of Jose Ramos' barbershops, where he was party to many an illicit conversation. more ›

Though just 16 police officers were indicted in the ticket-fixing sting, the names of 160 NYPD officers were implicated, and some will be asked by the Bronx DA to testify against those who face charges. Given the climate outside the Bronx courthouse on Friday, it's understandable why many will be hesitant to do so. "You can forgive guys for going into the grand jury, because they were [caught on wiretaps]" one cop tells the Daily News. "But how can you help a DA who attacked your profession win these cases?" more ›

The city's largest police union, which has become tangled in with the massive ticket-fixing scheme, has drafted an all-star team of lawyers, including one who starred as himself in the movie Goodfellas, in anticipation of the very real possibility that the union itself could be indicted along with some of its members. And as the union scrambles to deal with potentially being embroiled in a RICO case, another cop's involvement with the scandal may sink an open-and-shut DWI case. more ›

Call it a "professional courtesy," or a subversion of the law by those who are supposed to uphold it, the city's ticket-fixing scandal continues to influence courtrooms across town as defense attorneys are using its implications to dilute the credibly of police testimony. Defense attorneys in the DWI trial of former Bronx prosecutor Stephen Lopresti have already gotten both officers on the scene to admit to ticket-fixing for their mothers and boyfriend's cousins, and yesterday they played a recording of the Bronx trustee of the Patrolman's Benevolent Association, Joe Anthony, speaking to the officer that administered the breathalyzer to Lopresti about fixing tickets. more ›

After rapper-actor Ice T was arrested on Tuesday—allegedly for driving with a suspended license, after being caught driving without a seat belt—he furiously Tweeted that the "punk bitch rookie cop named Fisher #10026 Made the arrest of his bullshit career today" and insisted "My license in not suspended. I don't and never had a NYC licence. I have a valid NJ licence. It was all bullshit...." He also told the Post, "I think [the cop] got his rocks off bringing me in the station in handcuffs... I stopped breaking the law a long time ago. I ain't trying to get in trouble." more ›

Police arrested a man this weekend for brazenly concealing cocaine folded in five dollar bills in his wallet at JFK airport, instead of in a body cavity like a normal person. According to the Post, security agents at the airport found the drugs on Stephen Garraity as he went through a checkpoint. Garraity first told officers the white powder was "medication," and then flashed a card from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and claimed to be a former NYPD cop, though it's not clear why he thought being a cop with cocaine would make things any better. He was arrested and charged with criminal impersonation and possession of a controlled substance. more ›

Although a jury found three NYPD officers not guilty of participating in the sodomy of a Brooklyn man in a subway station in 2008, the alleged victim's civil lawsuit is going forward. Plaintiff Michael Mineo has named Officers Richard Kern, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales as defendants in the $400 million dollar suit against the city, but in a surprise move, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association is trying to add another cop to the list of defendants. The PBA wants Officer Kevin Maloney, who broke ranks to testify against three fellow cops at their criminal trial, named as a defendant. more ›

Officer Frank Palestro, the latest cop to call foul on corruption in the NYPD, has gotten serious flak from his fellow police and the union, though he maintains he was just doing his duty. The union delegate and nine-year police veteran was outed after secretly reporting Lt. Susana Seda for behavior such as telling cops to write summonses for traffic violations they didn't witness, refusing to take complaints and tampering with a gun at a crime scene. Since then, he's been transferred so he won't have to deal with the wrath of his peers in the precinct. "I was the [Patrolmen's Benevolent Association] delegate, and now I'm labeled a rat for doing what I was supposed to do," said Palestro. "This will stay with me for the rest of my career." more ›

First, some fire fighters' unions spoke out against presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Now a police officers' union is totally anti-Rudy. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch issued a statement blaming the former mayor for not giving cops raises ("zeroes for heroes" contract) and essentially creating the recruiting/retainment problems the NYPD has. And then there's what the PBA thinks about Giuliani's 9/11 record: Giuliani has wrapped himself firmly in the cloak of 9/11 for his... more ›