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Manhattans posh and tourist packed neighborhoods have increasingly become hotbeds for crime - where brazen thieves are leaving shopkeepers feeling powerless. 

 

Hennepin County EMS are asking for more support as they are increasingly targets of attacks.

Two mentally impaired men died in Suffolk police custody. Investigations protected the officers. Police and prosecutors conducted flawed homicide probes in the deaths of Daniel McDonnell and Dainell Simmons, Newsday found.

Two officers and several firefighters entered the water to help rescue the driver. Thanks to their efforts, a life was saved, police say.

Police arrested a Copiague man for drugs and weapons charges after he threatened officers with a loaded handgun.

Police are investigating Sunday after finding a man in his 20s dead on a roadway near a parking ramp.

Voters approved the money to build new precinct stations in north and south county when they passed Prop P in 2017, which also gave officers raises.

A large ring of thieves was charged in September with targeting bar patrons and others for many months, then accessing cash apps and stealing more than $275,000.

In a data request, FOX 9 found that despite the fact that the majority of crime is happening during evening hours, police aren't shifting resources to cover the most demanding parts of the day.