A unit in the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau trained to respond ... Members of the unit are “trained in special weapons and long-range guns, explosive trace detection, radiological and nuclear ...

Unique among major municipal police departments, NYPD’s ILP is part of a robust anti-terrorism initiative designed ... Motivated Extremism (REME) unit. More recently, a domestic liaison provided ...

The New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit is the gold standard for major ... According to the NYPD, their Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau is the largest municipal operation ...

But now cops will work under a specialized unit and receive special training and weapons ... consist of 350 officers assigned to the NYPD's counter-terrorism bureau, the Daily News reported.

A team of NYPD officers trained to respond quickly to the most organized and heavily armed attacks is set to have its personnel slashed by up to 75%, according to a memo reviewed by Gothamist.

Officers in the NYPD's counterterrorism unit could be slashed by up to 75% and take 240 of its 300 cops to be assigned to street-level patrols as the force faces a staffing crisis. Members of ...

At the time, fewer than two dozen of the force's 39,000 officers were working full time on terrorism, all assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, then the only NYPD unit assigned to the issue.

A New York Police Department counterterrorism unit that's the "first line of defense" against a potential terror attack faces staffing cuts of up to 75%, according to ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NYPD's Counterterrorism Maritime Unit is preparing the Hudson River for the nation's biggest 4th of July celebration. The NYPD said there are no specific or known threats to ...

Earlier this week, New York City’s police department for the first time deployed a special counter-terrorism ... unit is intended to be a rapid-reaction force in the event of a terrorist attack ...