New York Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill is resigning to take a job in the private sector.

In November 2017, Raymond Kelly addressed security industry professionals and enterprise security leaders at the ISC East tradeshow in New York City. He discussed public-private partnerships, community involvement, the changing nature of terrorism, and the need for business continuity and preparedness training with the audience and, later, in an interview with Security magazine.

William J. Bratton will step down from his position as the commissioner of the New York Police Department next month to take a job in the private sector. This move will mark the end of Bratton’s 45-year career in public life.

The New York City Police Department’s intelligence and analytics unit is evaluating whether Google Glass is a decent fit for investigating terrorists and helping police catch criminals. The department recently received several pairs of the high-tech spectacles for testing.

Citing Fourth Amendment violations and readily demonstrated evidence of racial discrimination, a federal judge has ordered a complete overhaul of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy.

Controversial stop-and-frisk policies and widespread surveillance of Muslims are the main force behind this proposed legislation. 

Additional checkpoints at Ellis and Liberty Islands will replace the security screening prior to boarding a ferry to the New York landmarks. 

The NYPD conducted only 99,788 stop-and-frisks during the first quarter of 2013, compared with 203,500 during the same period in 2012. 

Firearms concealed beneath layers of clothing can now be detected with a new scanner detecting terahertz radiation. 

New York police have conducted more than 650,000 stop-and-frisks, but 84 percent of them are on black or Hispanic people – a statistic that has civil rights groups calling foul.