Cracking down on officers’ abuse of placards would signal an end to the culture of impunity that has suffused the department.

Hector Rosario, a former detective for the Nassau County police on Long Island, was also acquitted of obstruction of justice, ...

Hector Rosario was among nine people charged; prosecutors say the other defendants had colorful nicknames like "Joe Fish" and "Sal the Shoemaker." ...