"NYPD" redirects here. For the police department of the state of New York, see New York State Police. For other uses, see NYPD (disambiguation).
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City of New York Police Department
Patch
NYPD shield (officer)
Flag
Common name
New York City Police Department
Abbreviation
NYPD
Motto
Fidelis ad Mortem (Latin)
"Faithful unto Death"
Agency overview
Formed
May 23, 1845; 178 years ago (1845-05-23)
Employees
50,676[1]
Annual budget
US$5.4 b (2022)[2]
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)[3]
Legal jurisdiction
As per operations jurisdiction
General nature
Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters
One Police Plaza, Lower Manhattan
Sworn Officers
Approximately 36,000 Sworn Officers[1]
Civilian Employees
Approximately 19,000 Civilian Employees[1]
Police Commissioner responsible
Edward Caban
Agency executives
Tania Kinsella, First Deputy Commissioner
Jeffrey Maddrey, Chief of Department
Units
List of units
Auxiliary police
Emergency service
Highway patrol
Housing bureau
Major case squad
School safety
Transportation bureau
Detectives Bureau
Information Technology Bureau
Facilities
Commands
77 precincts[4]
12 transit districts
9 housing police service areas
Police vehicles
9,624[5]
Police boats
29[6]
Helicopters
8
Horses
45
K-9 units
34
Website
Official website
The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States.[7]
The NYPD is headquartered at 1 Police Plaza, located on Park Row in Lower Manhattan near City Hall. The NYPD's regulations are compiled in title 38 of the New York City Rules. The NYC Transit Police and NYC Housing Authority Police Department were fully integrated into the NYPD in 1995.[8] Dedicated units of the NYPD include the Emergency Service Unit, K-9, harbor patrol, highway patrol, air support, bomb squad, counterterrorism, criminal intelligence, anti-organized crime, narcotics, mounted patrol, public transportation, and public housing units.
The NYPD employs over 40,000 people, including more than 30,000 uniformed officers as of September 2023.[9][10] According to the official CompStat database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 2019.[11][12] In 2020, it had a budget of US$6 billion.[2] However, the NYPD's actual spending often exceeds its budget.[13]
The NYPD has a history of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct, which persists into the present day.[14][15][16]
Due to its high-profile location in New York City, the largest city and media center in the U.S., fictionalized versions of the NYPD and its officers have frequently been portrayed in novels, radio, television, motion pictures, and video games.
^ abc"Report to the Committees on Finance and Public Safety on the Fiscal 2022 Executive Budget for the New York Police Department" (PDF). New York City Council. May 11, 2021. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
^ ab"Report of the Finance Division on the Fiscal 2022 Preliminary Budget and the Fiscal 2021 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report for the New York Police Department" (PDF). council.nyc.gov. March 16, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
^"QuickFacts: New York city, New York". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^"Find Your Precinct and Sector - NYPD". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
^"Fleet Report - Mayor's Office of Operations". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
^"NYPD Crew: Meet the Mechanics Who Keep Police Cars, Boats, and Helicopters Alive". Popular Mechanics. February 28, 2018. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^"Bureau of Justice Statistics - Appendix table 1" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 18, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
^Myers, Steven Lee (April 1995). "Giuliani Wins Police Merger in M.T.A. Vote". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
^"About NYPD - NYPD". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^"Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbigov.us. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
^"NYPD Complaint Data Historic". NYC Open Data. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^Parascandola, Rocco (March 11, 2020). "Cops used more force in 2019 even as arrests fell last year: report". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^Akinnibi, Fola; Holder, Sarah; Cannon, Christopher (October 13, 2021). "NYC Cops Log Millions of Overtime Hours. New Yorkers Don't Feel Safer". CityLab. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021. The NYPD has blown past annual budgets every year for at least two decades, almost entirely due to overtime costs.
^Kane, Robert J.; White, Michael D. (2012). Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department. NYU Press. doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814748411.003.0001. ISBN 978-0-8147-4841-1.
^McArdle, Andrea (2001). Zero tolerance : quality of life and the new police brutality in New York City. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-5631-X. OCLC 45094047.
^Hennelly, Bob (July 17, 2016). "New York City's cycle of police corruption: Do reforms stick, and does it matter?". City & State NY. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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