Vehicle theft up 178% so far in 2022, police tell community council
Vehicle theft in the 40th police precinct, which covers Port Morris, Mott Haven and Melrose,
40th Precinct Community Council
Surge in gun violence unsettles South Bronx
Charmaine John looked worried as she gazed out over Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point on
Local initiatives are best hope of reforming NYPD, says Community Council
Unlike protesters locally and nationwide who believe the police cannot be reformed and should be
Construction starts on new 40th Precinct station-house
Officials say the building will be completed in the spring of 2021 at a cost of $68 million.
Precinct prepares for annual Halloween party
It was business as usual last Wednesday as Crime Prevention Officer Reina Marrero walked past the 40th Precinct’s holding cells. One was occupied. But on Halloween, these cells will be filled with a crop of unearthly inmates.
As crime declined citywide in 2016, it rose in Mott Haven
While Mayor de Blasio proudly touts record-low violent crime statistics across the city, many Mott Haven residents say they’re seeing a darker picture.
40th Precinct launches program to fight crime, patch relations
A new NYPD program that kicked off in mid-January is taking aim both at rising crime rates and at strained relations between the 40th Precinct and Mott Haven residents.
Cop was hit by ‘friendly fire’
The police officer who was shot in the right ankle after responding to a massive