New York Police Department

A hope for self-policing

In dealing with campus crime, Columbia should do more to intervene before the NYPD does.

Students surprised to see police checking IDs at popular bars

Officers checked IDs and permits at popular student watering holes.

Wake up and smell the crime

Today’s danger lies in believing that New York has become an invincible city, one that could never return to the murder rates of the 1990s, regardless of budget and personnel cuts to police forces.

Shoplifters hit local stores, other crime rates fall

With a decrease in murders, robberies, and assaults, Morningside Heights can boast safer streets and fewer criminals—that is, except for one crime.

Perpetrator of Morningside Robberies Caught

Police say they arrested the perpetrator of at least seven robberies of Morningside Heights stores when he attempted another robbery Saturday.