Break in the Case

New York City Police Department

True Stories by NYPD Detectives

  • 27 minutes 44 seconds
    S4 | E7 The Most Stressful Jobs

    In the final episode of the season, we learn about the hardest jobs for ESU officers. (TRIGGER WARNING: This episode references self-harm.)

    23 December 2025, 5:07 am
  • 28 minutes 44 seconds
    S4 | E6 The Brooklyn Job (Part 4)

    Trip Wires and Politics. Once the bombs are discovered, it’s the Bomb Squad’s turn to dispose of them. Meanwhile, the entry team reflects on what just happened.

    23 December 2025, 5:06 am
  • 30 minutes 47 seconds
    S4 | E5 The Brooklyn Job (Part 3)

    Bomb Factory. In Part 3 of The Brooklyn Job, a six-man team prepares to enter the suspects’ apartment. If what the informant says is true, and there is a satchel full of bombs in the apartment, they have a 50/50 chance of making it out of the apartment alive.

     


    23 December 2025, 5:05 am
  • 21 minutes 25 seconds
    S4 | E4 The Brooklyn Job (Part 2)

    No Win Situation. In Part 2 of The Brooklyn Job, an Arabic-speaking rookie cop is called in to help translate for the informant. ESU officers prepare for a raid at an apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where two men have been accused of building bombs.

    23 December 2025, 5:04 am
  • 20 minutes 45 seconds
    S4 | E3 The Brooklyn Job (Part 1)

    On July 31, 1997, ESU officers get a tip that some people have built a bomb in their Brooklyn apartment, and they plan to detonate it on the subway the next morning. What happens next is known as The Brooklyn Job.

    In Part 1 of The Brooklyn Job, two MTA/Long Island Railroad cops are approached on the street by a man who doesn't speak English. He has an urgent message, and the word "bomb" does not get lost in translation.

    23 December 2025, 5:03 am
  • 16 minutes 34 seconds
    S4 | E2 Liberating Lady Liberty

    On July 4, 2018, a woman climbed up the base of the Statue of Liberty to protest the detention of migrant children. There was no way for her to get down on her own.


    23 December 2025, 5:02 am
  • 22 minutes 29 seconds
    S4 | E1: The Buffs of the Police Department

    ESU’s rigorous training is nine months long and requires cross training in tactical, medical and rescue work. For its members, the key to success is knowing your equipment. Or as one officer says, "You gotta be somewhat of a buff to be in Emergency."

    23 December 2025, 5:01 am
  • 1 minute 6 seconds
    Season 4, Stories from ESU | Trailer

    Break in the Case, Season 4: Stories from the Emergency Service Unit introduces some of the most highly-trained officers in the NYPD. They’re EMTs. Divers. Hostage Negotiators. SWAT. They put their own lives at risk in the service of others.

    23 December 2025, 5:00 am
  • 18 minutes 28 seconds
    S3 E7: New York Zodiac Copycat: East New York, Then and Now

    The 75th Precinct was a hotbed of crime in the early 90s. In this special episode, officers talk about what it was like to work in East New York back then. We also hear from a present-day Youth Coordination Officer who is trying to improve lives in East New York.

    6 June 2023, 4:01 am
  • 23 minutes 37 seconds
    S3 E6: New York Zodiac Copycat: The Trial

    After the Zodiac’s arraignment for three murders and one attempted murder in Queens, a Queens prosecutor must prepare to counter a psychiatric defense.

    30 May 2023, 4:01 am
  • 23 minutes 7 seconds
    S3 E5: New York Zodiac Copycat: Only Orion Can Stop the Zodiac

    After an East New York man is arrested in the 75th Precinct for attempted murder, the evidence connects him to more sinister crimes.

    23 May 2023, 4:01 am
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