The state-of-the-art vests will begin replacing outdated ones starting in May.

Nearly 80 percent of those polled also thought that PBA head Pat Lynch's statements were "too extreme."

The war of words unfolded at a PBA meeting in Queens Village Tuesday morning, sources said.

The move would be designed to boost public confidence in the criminal justice system.

NYPD rank-and-file anger at Mayor de Blasio could spill over onto Commissioner Bratton, sources say.

The NYPD union chief this week addressed new officers ready to take up their beats.

One of the police unions circulated letters to keep the mayor and the speaker from officers' funerals.

PBA head Pat Lynch said the mayor and the protesters have "blood on their hands."

The mayor campaigned against abusive police practices, but is also looking to back the NYPD.

Paterson and Public Advocate Letitia James said Rosa Rodriguez deserves a full disability pension.

Officer Rosa Rodriguez is set to leave the hospital Monday and is looking forward to her own bed.

Eight Port Authority police officers made more than $300,000 last year thanks to overtime pay.

Cops in the Midtown North Precinct said that several people have used out-of-date cards for free parking.

Congressional Candidate Elizabeth Crowley got some help from the police union's chief on stop-and-frisk.

Hundreds of cops jammed the streets around the Bronx Hall of Justice in support of the 16 officers, sergeants and lieutenant who were indicted in the ticket-fixing scandal.