New York City Police Department

Policing Society Local Police Dept. NYPD The New York Police Department is the largest municipal police force in the United States. The primary responsibilities of the police force is to enforce the law and investigate crimes in the five boroughs. The New York Police Department is one of the oldest departments in the United States. There are approximately 34,500 uniformed police officers working within 76 precincts, 12 Transit Districts and 9 Housing Police Service Areas. There are over 300 units within the police department including, the K-9 unit, Aviation, Budgeting & Accounting, Crime Scene Unit, Detective Bureau, Electronics Section and many more. Each of these officers are offered special benefits for their services such as unlimited opportunities. NYPD’s motto is the Latin phrase “Fidelis Ad Mortem” The phrase mean Faithful unto Death. This phrase first came about in 1872. The citizens used this phrase to serve as gratitude towards the policemen for keeping the city peaceful and surviving the civil war draft riots in 1863. The flag of the police department consist of green and white stripes and 24 stars within a blue square. There are five green and stripes which represents the five boroughs of New York, the blue represents the police department and the 24 stars represent 23 towns and villages that formed together to create New York city. The 24th star represents the city itself. New York had its first taste of law enforcement in 1625. At this time New…

An analysis of the New York City Police Department policies reveals a challenge facing police leadership: long hours during shifts contributes to sleep deprivation, decrease in focus while on the job, hardships while on the job, and family separation. As many issues and trends form within Criminal Justice, there is one issue that most people do not take into consideration. As police shootings begin to become an epidemic across the United States. No one seems to stop and think about officers…

Police corruption has been a problem within the New York City Police Department even since it was formed back in the mid-1800s. When the department was formed the patrolmen were appointed to the position by local politicians so they were easily influenced or bribed by the politicians who were involved in criminal activities within their ward. Over the years there have been commissions formed to investigate the corruption within the NYPD even with future President of the United State Theodore…

An ethical issue that all police officers face is breaking the unwritten law i.e. “The Blue Wall Of Silence”. “The Blue Wall Of Silence” is unwritten code among police officers that they are not to report their fellow officers. Officers that do not follow this code are then excommunicated from the department, so to speak, and lose everything that they’ve worked so hard to achieve. They are labeled as snitches and are no longer welcome within a department; upper management can even punish…

Illegal-Bikers Vs. Police Over 10 incidents a week occur between the New York Police Department and bikers. Not bikers as in bicycles. They are Motorcycle riders or also known as illegal riders for the NYPD. This is not only a New York issue. But riders from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and several parts of jersey also have sky high tensions with their local police departments. These illegal riders take the streets in large volume. Some crews go riding with 100 plus bikes. Imagine driving your car…

The New York Police Department has grown significantly over the past 160 years. Now there are a little under 35,000 uniformed officers vigilance officers in the streets and 51,000 employees overall. There are 8 million people in New York City with a ratio of 4.18 police officer per 1,000 people. The NYPD mission was to improve the lifestyle of the city by “enforce the law, preserve the peace, reduce fear, and provide for a safe environment” (NYPD Mission). The NYPD duties are “enforcing laws,…

The Knapp Commission was invented to investigate the alleged police corruption at the New York City Police Department. The Knapp Commission got its start when police officer Frank Serpico and a Sergeant David Durk, publicly talked about the corruption at the New York City Police Department. When the Knapp Commission got started there was five members on the panel that was first formed in April of 1970. The five members on the panel were Whitman Knapp, Arnold Bauman, Franklin Thomas, Cyrus Vance,…

“Here’s what you need to know about stop and frisk — and why the courts shut it down” by Dylan Matthews, Stop and Frisk is “an NYPD policy wherein police will detain and question pedestrians, and potentially search them, if they have a reasonable suspicion that the pedestrian in question committed, is committing, or is about to commit a felony or a Penal Law misdemeanor” (Matthews). This means that if a person appears suspicious of having commit or being about to commit a crime according to a…

In 1998, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reported from 1993 to 1997, felony complaints decreased 44.3 percent. This included a 60.2 percent drop in murders and nonnegligent homicides, a 12.4 percent drop in forcible rape, a 48.4 percent drop in robbery, and a 45.7 drop in burglary. Mayor Giuliani credited Bratton and his "zero-tolerance" policing as a major factor in crime reduction. Mayor Giuliani and Commissioner Bratton also acknowledged that "Compstat", which was developed by Bratton,…

The Knapp Commission was started in the 1970’s after Frank Serpico in the New York City Police Department had enough of the police corruption and abuse of authority over the community. Frank Serpico is known as the whistleblower that began the investigation into police corruption in the New York Cities Police Department's so called finest. The police officers back then were doing everything that they were trained to look for in order to make an arrest. “The Knapp Commission’s report…