New York Peace Officers American Warpipes and Benevolent Association

10/28/2026

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the four individuals depicted in the attached media, who are wanted in connection with a Bronx robbery pattern that occurred within the confines of the 66 and 78 Precincts/ Transit District 30 and Transit District 32.

10/21/2026

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WANTED FOR ASSAULT: On Friday, October 9, 2026, at approximately 9:52 A.M., in front of 993 President Street in the confines of the 71 Precinct, a 15-year-old male victim was approached by two unidentified individuals. The individuals engaged the victim in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical altercation. One of the individuals displayed a knife and stabbed the victim in the back while the second individual struck the victim multiple times with a baseball bat. The individuals then fled the location on foot, traveling southbound on Washington Avenue.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X .

10/19/2026

Courtesy of DailyFreeman.Com

New York to ban Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages after teen’s death
For decades, animal welfare activists and other critics have decried the carriage industry, while supporters cast the rides as a way to experience the New York they know from classic movies and television.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, ending their more than 150-year run as an iconic, old-timey tourist attraction, following decades of opposition from animal welfare activists and the death of a teenage tourist last spring.

The City Council is expected to approve a bill next week that would end the rides by 2028. Three consecutive mayors had called for an end to the carriage rides because of safety concerns, only to have lawmakers yank back the reins.

A spokesperson for Julie Menin, the council speaker, confirmed the incoming vote and said the proposal had enough support to pass. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said he had reached a deal with the speaker on the legislation.

Teen’s death reignited debate over carriage rides
The latest push for a ban started in June, when 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, visiting the city from India, died after jumping from a runaway horse carriage during a ride with family members. His death, which appeared to be the first fatality in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park, reignited the debate over whether carriages, a romantic throwback to the city’s past, have a place in a modern metropolis.

Mahajan’s family has appeared at City Hall, in person and through videoconference calls from India, begging the city to finally end the rides.

“We are shattered, our whole family shattered. The pain does not go away,” his father, Deepak Mahajan, told city council members via a videocall during a hearing for the bill last summer, saying his son leapt from the carriage to try and help his mother, who was flung from her seat, after the horse bolted. “Every morning we wake up and think of nothing but the loss of our son.”

For decades, animal welfare activists and other critics have decried the carriage industry, arguing horses shouldn’t be hauling tourists around busy streets and Central Park while having to navigate bustling traffic and gawking passersby. In the past, horses have collapsed, gotten startled and run off, hitting cars or other objects, with each accident resulting in fresh calls for a ban.

“The tragic and preventable death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan made clear that the status quo is no longer acceptable. Horse-drawn carriages have long been part of New York City’s history, but in an increasingly busy Central Park, this tradition has become a growing public safety liability,” Menin said in a statement.

The industry and its supporters have long cast the rides as a way for visitors to experience the New York they know from classic movies and television.

Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse danced into one of the carriages in “The Band Wagon.” Robert Redford and Jane Fonda rode one in “Barefoot in the Park.” Macaulay Culkin escaped bandits in a carriage in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

“Taking a horse and carriage ride in New York City is one of the most iconic things to do in New York City and people from all over the world know about us and travel to New York to go to a carriage ride in New York,” Conor McHugh, a longtime carriage driver, told the Council earlier this year.

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New York to ban Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages after teen’s death
For decades, animal welfare activists and other critics have decried the carriage industry, while supporters cast the rides as a way to experience the New York they know from classic movies and television.
A carriage horse that takes people on rides through Central Park drinks water at an entrance to the park, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A carriage horse that takes people on rides through Central Park drinks water at an entrance to the park, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
By Associated Press
PUBLISHED: October 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM EDT

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, ending their more than 150-year run as an iconic, old-timey tourist attraction, following decades of opposition from animal welfare activists and the death of a teenage tourist last spring.

The City Council is expected to approve a bill next week that would end the rides by 2028. Three consecutive mayors had called for an end to the carriage rides because of safety concerns, only to have lawmakers yank back the reins.

A spokesperson for Julie Menin, the council speaker, confirmed the incoming vote and said the proposal had enough support to pass. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said he had reached a deal with the speaker on the legislation.

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“The horse carriage industry is coming to an end in New York City,” Mamdani said in a social media post.

Teen’s death reignited debate over carriage rides
The latest push for a ban started in June, when 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, visiting the city from India, died after jumping from a runaway horse carriage during a ride with family members. His death, which appeared to be the first fatality in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park, reignited the debate over whether carriages, a romantic throwback to the city’s past, have a place in a modern metropolis.

Mahajan’s family has appeared at City Hall, in person and through videoconference calls from India, begging the city to finally end the rides.

“We are shattered, our whole family shattered. The pain does not go away,” his father, Deepak Mahajan, told city council members via a videocall during a hearing for the bill last summer, saying his son leapt from the carriage to try and help his mother, who was flung from her seat, after the horse bolted. “Every morning we wake up and think of nothing but the loss of our son.”

For decades, animal welfare activists and other critics have decried the carriage industry, arguing horses shouldn’t be hauling tourists around busy streets and Central Park while having to navigate bustling traffic and gawking passersby. In the past, horses have collapsed, gotten startled and run off, hitting cars or other objects, with each accident resulting in fresh calls for a ban.

“The tragic and preventable death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan made clear that the status quo is no longer acceptable. Horse-drawn carriages have long been part of New York City’s history, but in an increasingly busy Central Park, this tradition has become a growing public safety liability,” Menin said in a statement.

The industry and its supporters have long cast the rides as a way for visitors to experience the New York they know from classic movies and television.

Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse danced into one of the carriages in “The Band Wagon.” Robert Redford and Jane Fonda rode one in “Barefoot in the Park.” Macaulay Culkin escaped bandits in a carriage in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

“Taking a horse and carriage ride in New York City is one of the most iconic things to do in New York City and people from all over the world know about us and travel to New York to go to a carriage ride in New York,” Conor McHugh, a longtime carriage driver, told the Council earlier this year.

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A horse-drawn carriage takes passengers for a loop through Central Park, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Mayors have faced pushback in efforts to ban rides
Efforts to close down the industry have been met with pushback from unions and influential supporters, often resulting in tiresome political fights that have seen mayors throw up their hands over nagging worries about putting carriage drivers out of work and what to do with the horses if they can no longer work.

Transport Workers Union International President John Samuelsen said the Council’s bill has “no meaningful economic relief for workers” and that Menin “used the tragic death of a tourist to contrive a public safety crisis.”

“This is disgraceful political opportunism, and Zohran should not simply go along with it, particularly when immigrant families’ livelihoods are being destroyed. This entire situation is reprehensible,” he said in a statement.

The proposal as written would require the mayor’s office to develop a workforce transition plan for drivers, and includes a measure that would allow the city to consider some kind of compensation for industry workers. Carriage owners could not sell their horses off for slaughter, according to the bill’s language, which requires that horses be disposed of in a “humane manner.”

(A carriage horse that takes people on rides through Central Park drinks water at an entrance to the park, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in New York.) (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

10/16/2026

Courtesy of ODMP.Org

Sergeant Jacob Roesler of the Clay Township OH PD was killed in a vehicle crash on State Routes 51 and 795.

Around 6:30 a.m., Sergeant Roesler was responding to a separate collision when his patrol vehicle collided with another vehicle.

The other driver was injured.

Sergeant Roesler had served with the Clay Township Police Department for three years.

10/04/2026

Courtesy of Franklin Police Department Franklin, NC

It is with profound sadness and very heavy hearts that we share the passing of one of our own.

Franklin Police Department Officer Marcus McCarson tragically died yesterday, September 17, 2026, in a two-vehicle collision while off-duty doing what he loved: riding his motorcycle.
He was only 21 years of age, and had just begun his law enforcement career with the FPD in December 2025. Before joining law enforcement he served in the United States Marine Corps.
He was a devoted husband to his amazing wife Abby, and became a new father just two months ago to his precious daughter Azzi. He was also very cherished by his own family, as well as, Abby's family who treated him like their own.

Marcus was loved like a little brother by everyone here at the PD. He served the Town of Franklin with the utmost professionalism and integrity for which we are most grateful.

Please keep his family, friends, and our department in your thoughts and prayers during the grieving days ahead.

Funeral arrangements are as follows:

The family will receive friends on
Tuesday, September 22nd
11am-1pm at the
Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts.

A funeral service will follow at 1pm.
Rev. David Dickerson will officiate.

Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

10/01/2026

Courtesy of

"Tennessee Ex*****on Halted After Inmate Remains Alive Following 2 Doses"

➡️ Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike remained alive & snoring more than 40 minutes after ex*****oners administered two full doses of lethal injection chemicals at 8:26 p.m. local time, according to statement details released by her defense team.

➡️ State prison authorities escorting media witnesses away from the ex*****on facility in Nashville refused to offer immediate public details regarding the unexpected delay or the status of the procedure, while state corrections officials noted they could not clarify what occurred inside the chamber.

➡️ The botched ex*****on attempt followed a chaotic legal sequence wherein the United States Supreme Court overturned a last-minute federal appeals court stay that had briefly halted the lethal injection process earlier in the day.

➡️ Pike, who was convicted of first-degree murder for a 1995 crime committed at age 18, stands as the only woman on death row in Tennessee & was set to become the first female executed by the state in over 200 years.

➡️ Defense attorneys & human rights advocates had previously filed urgent appeals citing unconsidered childhood trauma, severe mental illness, & procedural issues regarding the state's severe ex*****on chemical protocols.

09/27/2026

Courtesy of

I’ve spoken on the phone with President Trump and nine ICE & DHS sources about this today. Here’s what I’ve learned.

Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night. I’ve spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it. It’s unclear who it started with. However, I’m told it’s erroneous, was some type of “miscommunication” during conversations about prioritizing “worst first”, and there is no change in immigration enforcement policy. President Trump tells me anyone in the country illegally remains “on the table” for ICE arrest & deportation. I’m also told new guidance went out to ICE field offices tonight to reaffirm this and that yes, arrests of illegal aliens and “collaterals” without additional criminal history will continue. ICE sources confirm to me they received the new guidance.

I’m not really sure what happened here - but everyone is on the same page, including President Trump, in telling me that his immigration enforcement agenda isn’t scaling back.

09/12/2026

Courtesy of NYC Patrolman's Benevolent Association

Funeral Arrangements for our brother P.O. Kamir Lou-Barria

09/11/2026

Courtesy of

Inmate at Donovan Correctional attacks officer with makeshift weapon in yard

SAN DIEGO (KUSI/FOX 5) — An inmate at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) allegedly attacked a correctional officer Wednesday morning with a makeshift weapon that was recovered at the scene, according to officials with RJD.

Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are investigating the attack, which reportedly took place Wednesday around 9:50 a.m. According to the report, staff saw incarcerated person 30-year-old Jorge Villa attack a correctional officer in a yard.

Staff immediately came to the aid of the officer and reportedly used chemical agents and physical force to stop the attack. An improvised weapon was also found at the scene, according to RJD officials.

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The injured officer was transported to a medical facility for treatment. Meanwhile, Villa has been placed in restricted housing pending the investigation.

Villa was most recently received from Los Angeles County in 2024, according to RJD. He was reportedly sentenced to nine years for discharge of a fi***rm with gross negligence as a second striker, first-degree burglary, and corporal injury on specific persons resulting in traumatic condition.

(Jorge Villa, inmate Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility)

09/03/2026

Courtesy of USAToday.Com

Minneapolis

3 dead, 3 cops wounded after Minneapolis high-rise shoot-out

Three people were killed, including a suspected gunman, in a downtown Minneapolis high-rise Sept. 2 in a shooting that left three police officers wounded.

Three people in addition to the police officers were also wounded in the top-floor fracas, according to Minneapolis Interim Police Chief Bill Peterson.

Police investigating gunshots were called to the apartment building around 4:35 p.m. and followed the sounds of gunfire upstairs, where they got in a gunfight with the shooter, Peterson said.

Two people, including the gunman, died in the high rise. Another died after being taken to an area hospital. Two police officers were wounded by gun fire and another had unspecified injuries.

"It is unknown how he died," Peterson said of the shooter.

"I am truly sickened and deeply saddened that once again there is a senseless crime of gun violence that took the lives of more than one innocent victim and injured numerous others," Peterson told reporters Wednesday evening. "My heart goes out to the families."

At least some of the victims lived in the apartment building, Peterson said.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey thanked the officers who responded to the shooting and confronted the gunman.

"One thing that is clear is that our Minneapolis police officers acted with incredible bravery and courage," Frey said. "But for their heroic work the death toll would be far higher."

Frey said one officer was shot in the leg and the other was shot twice in the abdomen. Police said the third wounded officer’s injuries were not life threatening.

City officials asked people to avoid the downtown area where police are investigating the shooting.

Shooter known to police
Police were previously called to the building in June after the shooter threatened other building residents with an unspecified weapon, Peterson said.

"We were familiar with who this individual was," he said.

Derrick Thompson, who had recently moved out of the building, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the suspected shooter had had a child custody dispute and recently obtained a permit to carry.

“He was fighting people every day, every damn day," Thompson said. "He lost everything.”

'Pray for Minnesota'
The shooting has drawn responses from leaders across Minnesota.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told the public to "pray for Minnesota."

Rep. Ilhan Omar, who represents the district where the shooting happened, said in a post on X that she was “praying for all the families impacted by this horrific act of violence”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat who is running for governor in the state, thanked law enforcement and said “her prayers are with the victims and their loved ones” in a post on X. Lisa Demuth, Klobuchar’s Republican opponent, echoed the sentiment and said she was “praying for the victims of this heinous crime” in a post on X.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau was responding to the downtown shooting. "We will offer any and all resources necessary to assist local authorities," Patel said in a statement on X.

'It's been really crazy'
Shawn Mosby, whose daughter was helping a friend move into a building, told CBS News that nearby residents inside heard "banging, shooting."

"I guess it's been insane. I've been on the phone with her, just making sure they barricaded the door, hiding in the bathroom. It's been really crazy," Mosby told the news outlet.

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