New York City Police Department

many years the NYPD has been using stop and frisk as a strategy for combating illegal acts. Police officers stop suspects and search with their hands through the person 's outer clothing to check whether the individual is carrying a weapon or other forms of contraband. The search is done to most suspected individuals (Dale, 2011). Beginning in the 1970s, in an attempt to reducing crime, New York City started urging its officers to stop individuals they viewed suspicious, to question them,…

Violence program is currently active in 25 cities in the United States as well as several international cities3. In New York City, the Cure Violence program was launched in spring 2012. It was originally named "Ceasefire." This program is funded by federal, state, and local foundations and corporations. The program targets young people 15-24 years of age who often acquiesce to the violence and feel powerless to stop it4. The target population are lectured by police and community members about…

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering, is the second most seasoned private designing and innovation school in the United States. The school goes back to 1854 when its forerunner establishments, the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, were established. The school's fundamental grounds is in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center, a urban scholarly mechanical exploration park. History On May…

1. What technologies are New York and Barcelona employing to run their cities more efficiently and improve citizens’ quality of life? The New York City government uses the big data which collects from 311 program and wireless sensors to find the way to reduce the noise population. They made a noise limit ordinance for vehicles. The government also analyze the data to make the garbage collection become more efficient. The model they created helps the government to identify more hazardous…

One thing she mentions repeatedly is how the department is discriminatory against blacks, Latinos, transgender, and gays. The officers have a “stop-and-frisk” that they will do simply to embarrass the minorities. This new act that has taken effect will cause the department to straighten up and keep the streets of New York safer for all types of people, no matter what race or sexuality they might be. This new act is a perfect example of both sides of the “community safety” I…

Country Mouse In A City Cab? 7 Ways To Survive Your First Big Metro Taxi Trip While the big city can be quite intimidating to country mouse type folks who 've never ventured much out of the confines of their rural serenity, that doesn 't mean you shouldn 't try the big towns around America. Sure, it may feel like a different country and even be scary, but cities have so much to offer in the way of culture, attractions and one-of-a-kind experiences. Here are 7 survival tips to help you handle…

United States has less than five percent of the world’s population, but almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population 15. The total number of inmates in the United States, in 2008 was larger than the populations of Seattle, Boston, Kansas City and Atlanta combined 16. Incarceration is intensely determined by race and ethnicity. Among men the highest rate is black males aged twenty to thirty-four, among women the highest rate is black females aged thirty-five to thirty-nine. According…

local revenue and individuals that work outside the community, it stands to reason that the pros outweigh the cons. The thing about the economic side of voluntary segregation is that it can extend outside the local community. When speaking of New York City, not only are there voluntary residential segregation areas, but also segregation of the business districts outside the local community. This advantages the upper and middle-class individuals and eliminates any disadvantage of loss from…

On September 11, 2001, a day many people will never forget, Osama bin Laden, with al Qaeda, took action on his hate towards American soldiers, the American government, and American citizens that has changed this country in 102 minutes. It all began as four separate flights took off. At 7:59 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport with ninety-two people on board heading toward Los Angeles. Then, just twenty minutes later at 8:19 am flight…

Every president needs a cabinet to meet with on a regular basis to report departments concerns and discuss issues of importance. A presidential cabinet is a group of officers of the executive branch of the federal government. And Donald Trump is planning to stock his Cabinet with a group of ex-presidential candidates and businesspeople who are personally loyal to him. Trumps possible cabinet member appointments are looking old, white, and male. Many of which are qualified to fill their roles in…