<h1 class="entry-title">Category: NEPBA Police Updates</h1>

Charleston church shooting victims sue FBI over gun buy

By Meg Kinnard Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The families of some of the nine people killed in a South Carolina church are suing the FBI. Their lawsuit accuses the federal government of errors that enabled Dylann Roof to buy the .45-caliber handgun used in the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. […]

NYPD to review beard policy after Muslim officer reinstated

Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Police Department says it will examine its policy banning beards after a federal class-action lawsuit was filed last week on behalf a Muslim officer who was suspended for violating the rule. Officer Masood Syed, who was suspended during Ramadan for refusing to shave his inch-long beard, has […]