Police precincts throughout Queens are currently seeking qualified candidates to volunteer as members of their local Auxiliary Police Departments to serve as the eyes and ears of the NYPD, police officials said. Auxiliary cops are not issued guns. They are not issued bulletproof vests. They patrol the streets of Queens and the other boroughs day and night armed only with […]

Those scratches on the inside of your child’s belt may be more than just wear and tear, they could be a signal that your child is a member of a street gang, law enforcement officials said. Police officials last week offered the following “insider’s view” of methods used by street gangs to identify allegiance of gang members. Seeking new ways […]

Compiled By Liz Goff 105th Precinct Arrest Girlfriend In Fatal Stabbing Police last week arrested a 36-year-old Cambria Heights woman after she fatally stabbed her live-in boyfriend during a February 7 domestic dispute. Cops said the dispute turned fatal when Vernice Esprit stabbed 56-year-old Harry Menard in the torso at their home on 225th Street. Menard was taken to a […]

Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown is joining forces with prosecutors throughout the city in a digital war against mortgage fraud. Brown joined fellow prosecutors at a February 2 press conference where Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced new, digital fingerprint and e-mail systems, designed for use in city real estate transactions, that will help cops assigned to the city Financial Crime […]

Queens Transit cops are offering a new weapon to help in their war on thieves who snatch electronic gadgets from city straphangers. The “IDs for iPods” program gives bus and subway riders the opportunity to register their iPod’s, cellphones, Blackberries and other small electronic devices with the NYPD, police officials said. Under the program, transit cops use invisible ink to […]

The young mother shot to death by her estranged husband suffered through years of domestic abuse and mental anguish before the crazed ex-con executed her, sources said. Her pleas for help in the weeks leading to the murder went unanswered by Queens police who failed to take quick action on her complaints, the sources said. Toting a bouquet of carnations […]

The February meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association was its first of 2011 and covered both new matters and some old issues that persist. A new person from the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit addressed the meeting, as did the public affairs officer of the 114th Police Precinct and a woman from Young Adults with Special Abilities (YASA), the last […]

There are currently 1.8 million residents of New York City with limited English language proficiency, Amina Masood, a policy analyst for  the Mayor’s Office of Operations, said at the January meeting of the Queens Borough Cabinet. Language Gateway, an online portal gives that population access to public and city services, helping with their most immediate needs and assisting the community-based […]