New York City Police Department

City of New York Police Department
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Common name	New York City Police Department
Abbreviation	NYPD
Motto	Fidelis ad Mortem (Latin) "Faithful Unto Death"
Agency overview
Formed	May 23, 1845; 181 years ago (1845-05-23)
Employees	50,676
Annual budget	US$5.4 b (2022)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New York City, New York, United States
Size	468.484 sq mi (1,213.37 km2)
Population	8,468,190 (2021)
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	One Police Plaza, Lower Manhattan
Sworn officers	Approximately 33,000 sworn officers
Civilian employees	Approximately 19,000 civilian employees
Police Commissioner responsible	Jessica Tisch
Agency executives	Tania Kinsella, First Deputy Police Commissioner John Chell, Chief of Department
Units	List of units Anti-Crime Unit Aviation Unit Ceremonial Unit Chaplains Unit Citywide Counterterrorism Unit Crimes Against Persons Unit Crime Scene Unit Disorder Control Unit Domestic Violence Unit Emergency Services Unit Executive Protection Unit Harbor Unit Hate Crimes Unit Mounted Unit Movie and T.V. Unit Paid Detail Unit Special Investigations Unit Special Victims Unit Technical Assistance and Response Unit (TARU)
Facilities
Commands	78 precincts 12 transit districts 9 housing police service areas
Police vehicles	9,624
Police boats	29
Helicopters	8
Horses	35[source?]
K-9 units	34
Website
nyc.gov/nypd nypdonline.org

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest police force in the United States.There are approximately 33,000 Uniformed Police Officers and approximately 19,000 Civilian Members. It is the police force that serves the five boroughs of New York City. The NYPD was one of the first "modern" style police departments in the United States with the Boston Police Department. The NYPD uses a color of the day to allow uniformed officers to recognize plainclothes officers to prevent accidental shootings.

Street Crimes Unit

The NYPD’s street crime unit (motto: "We Own The Night") was a 300+ member plain clothes unit for reducing crime that became well known after the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo. The four officers involved in the shooting were all members of the street crime unit. The unit was ended in 2002 because of the Diallo shooting. The unit's last leader was Inspector Bruce H. Smolka, who was later made Assistant Chief. The street crime unit has been replaced by the local precincts Anti-Crime Units. All of the officers involved in the shooting were found not guilty of the criminal charges in a long trial that took place in Albany after a successful request to change the location of the trial from the Bronx, where the shooting happened.^[source?]

The street crime unit was started in 1971 and had a long history of success in catching armed criminals on NYC streets. The establishment of the street crime unit led to the development of the color of the day undercover officer recognition system.

References

Other websites

• Official website
• The NYPD Diaspora, City Journal, Summer 2008 Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
• On the Front Line in the War on Terrorism, City Journal, Summer 2007 Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
• NYPD-Badges Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
• NYPD-Current Badges
• Auxiliary Police Benevolent Association
• Unofficial School Safety Myspace Page
• Full listing of NYPD Officers who have been killed in the line of duty Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• NYCPR and COPP NYC police misconduct organizations
• NY Daily News March 12, 2007 Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
• From database to crime scene: Network is potent police weapon, by Thomas Lueck, New York Times, June 7, 2007
• AM New York, December 8, 2006 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• Google Earth NYPD Car Model Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Site with instruments used by Stephen Hasbrouck, First Surgeon General of the Department
• Homepage for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the only official Civilian Oversight of Police Misconduct in NYC
• Collection of NYPD-Badges and Informations about the NYPD Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine

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