Agents used to wear brown uniforms — earning them the nickname “Brownies” — but after they were incorporated into the NYPD in 1996, they were issued blue uniforms that include a patch ...

In 2021, the folks running the city’s Gay Pride March celebrating people’s right to be as they are, issued a blatantly unfair ban against gay police officers marching while wearing ...

NEW YORK — Wearing the blue uniform of the NYPD did not come easily for officers of color and tensions from more than a century ago have impacted Black and Hispanic members of New York’s Finest.

The NYPD look has changed drastically since 1995, when then-Commissioner Bill Bratton told his troops that the old powder-blue uniforms – famous from so many old movies – made them look like ...

In a dramatic move to reinforce their supervisory status, all patrol sergeants will switch to white uniform shirts from the traditional NYPD blue. The new look, which will debut in December, is ...

The NYPD has unofficially changed its blue uniform for the month of October showing a more compassionate side. NY1’s criminal justice reporter Dean Meminger says it's a friendly competition ...

Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced that officers will be allowed to wear beards and turbans with the uniform, so long as the turbans are blue. "We want to make the NYPD as diverse as ...

Blue Balls: In & Out of Uniform with the NYPD. By Andy Propst | Last Updated: March 25, 2013. At the beginning of Michael Tester's Blue Balls, the playwright ...