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The New York City Police Department (NYPD), started in 1844, is the largest police force in the United States. There are currently 37,838 Uniformed Police Personnel, 4,500 Auxiliary Police Personnel and 5,000 School Safety Agents.[source?] 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.[7] The NYPD uses a color of the day to allow uniformed officers to recognize undercover officers to prevent accidental shootings.[8]
City of New York Police Department | |
Common name | New York City Police Department |
Abbreviation | NYPD |
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Formed | May 23, 1845 |
Employees | 50,676[1] |
Annual Budget | US$5.4 b (2022)[2] |
Legal personality | Governmental agency |
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Divisional agency (Operations jurisdiction) | City of [[New York City, New York|New York City, New York ]], United States |
Size | 468.484 sq mi (1,213.37 km2) |
Population | 8,468,190 (2021)[3] |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction. |
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Operational Structure | |
Headquarters | One Police Plaza, Lower Manhattan |
Police Officers | Approximately 36,000 [1] |
Civilian Employees | Approximately 19,000 [1] |
Police Commissioner responsible | Edward Caban |
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Units | List of units
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Police vehicles | 9,624[5] |
Police boats | 29[6] |
Helicopters | 8 |
Horses | 45 |
K-9 units | 34 |
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https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/index.page | |
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 The street crime unit has been replaced by the local precincts Anti-Crime Units.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.
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