New York City mayor Bill de Blasio called for a temporary halt to protests over police conduct as he faced a widening rift with a force preparing Christmas time burials for two of its own and decrying the demonstrations as a factor in the officers’ cold-blooded executions.

Officers acted “within guidelines” when they killed an unarmed mentally ill teenager in a hail of 20 bullets, the New York police chief said today.

Police officers in New York shocked by the lack of protection for gardaí are offering to send over their spare anti-stab vests.

New York police showed rocker Bruce Springsteen who the real “Boss” was after he angered them with a song about a controversial shooting, it emerged today.

US fire and police union officials have expressed concerns that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s appearance at a screening of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new film might suggest it has links with a September 11 charity.