If you've been in one of our major train stations in the past few months you've probably seen them and thought "WTF?" Y'know what we're talking about: police officers in bike helmets riding souped-up three-wheeled scooters in circles. Does it it help that nobody really seems to have a good argument for the mall cop-style transports, called T3 electric standup vehicles? No? Oh well. The NYPD is now the proud owner of 29 of them. more ›

The NYPD is rolling out new electric scooters for the Transit Bureau. Some of you may have already seen some transit cops on the T3 elective standup vehicle—the Daily News reports that the transit bureau now has four of the scooters "at major underground subway complexes.... Previously [the scooters have only been] used primarily to patrol parks, boardwalks and stadiums." Why bring them to subway stations? Well, cops will be perched higher than the crowds—not quite a 10-foot cop, but maybe a 7-foot-cop? more ›

A 29-year-old transit cop is accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on Thanksgiving, according to the Daily News. The suspect, Shawqi Ahmed, was off-duty when he met the woman at a club and brought her to his home in Brooklyn, where he purportedly sexually assaulted her. The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau arrested him on Friday and a spokesman for the District Attorney told the Post he was being held in lieu of $50,000, but Ahmed was not in custody when the Daily News called him last night: "I have nothing to say," the three-year veteran told a reporter. "We'll talk about it another time." more ›