Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. Sunday when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

The revamped Suffolk Crime Analysis Center in Yaphank – which received nearly $1 million from the state to triple its size and double staff  – will serve as a model for its sisters in New York’s

A former sergeant for the New York Police Department has died in a suspected drowning on Long Island. Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time,

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters. Despite receiving CPR and being rushed to a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead.

NYPD homicide detectives are investigating the death of a Bronx man whose body was found in the ambulance of an Inwood-based ambulette service, officials said.

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.

The NYPD is investigating a stabbing that took place on Thursday afternoon in Bushwick which left a 24-year-old man dead. A police source tells News 12 the victim was likely chased by a group of ...

By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are still looking for four men who allegedly

Uniformed cops on trains began rolling out Monday night, and eventually two officers will ride every train running between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., the department said.

The NYPD said officers shot the 32-year-old man in the torso after he ran up a stairwell with a kitchen knife in hand. The full confrontation is not seen in the Ring video, but it captured the ...

Officer Brendon Gallagher was injured Jan. 5 when, police said, the driver he was chasing lost control, sideswiped Gallagher's police vehicle, and it left the LIE roadway and overturned.