By Jack Stern The decision to terminate former Detective and Police Officer Frankie Palaguachi for testing positive for marijuana was upheld by Vanessa Facio-Lince, the NYPD’s Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Trials. Palaguachi’s original dismissal was made on the basis that he consumed a “controlled substance.” He challenged the ruling on the premise that the administered […]
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https://youtu.be/YizUk6p1VzA?si=qmN8W0am_TxDhpzr By Robert Lukach Immediately after 9-11-2001, the police department received additional terror threats and the department redeployed personnel and created the counter terrorism division. Members of the Emergency Service Unit were assigned as Hercules Teams (Deployment to Iconic locations as well as soft targets) and TORCH teams (transit deployment) to provide an omnipresence and […]
https://thefinestunfiltered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RecordIt-19B65684-B819-46E7-A988-5830FD732375.mov By John D. Macari Jr New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) pressed lawmakers this week for greater disciplinary authority over the NYPD, with its interim chair, Dr. Mohammad Khalid, telling the City Council that the agency remains powerless despite its mandate to investigate misconduct. “We are a tiger, but we don’t have […]
ISSUE: #2, September 21st, 2025 to September 28th, 2025 NEWS Off-Duty Cop Shoots Man at Penn StationSeptember 25th, 2025An off duty police officer shot and wounded a man inside of Penn Station on Wednesday evening. Cops say the suspect approached, then attempted to rob the officer and her husband on the platform before being shot […]
By Eric S. Dym, The Finest Unfiltered In Riverdale this week, an off-duty NYPD officer became the latest victim of New York City’s glaring crime crisis. Sitting in his car around 10:30 p.m., and apparently unaware of his vulnerability, he was blindsided by a thief who struck him with a helmet, stripped him of his […]
By John D. Macari Jr The NYPD has announced a pilot program to digitize its overtime reporting system. The initiative replaces the traditional paper-based Overtime Report (PD138-064) with a fully digital format, designed to streamline administrative efficiency and ensure faster, more accurate processing of overtime claims. The program officially began on September 15, 2025, and […]
By Eric S. Dym, The Finest Unfiltered Oversight in policing is necessary. No profession should operate without accountability. But oversight loses its legitimacy when it crosses into bias and overreach. That’s where New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) has drifted; stretching its authority and ignoring the dangerous realities officers face in the field. […]
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