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.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation,also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks,is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system,preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas,and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.
Raymond Walter Kelly is an American police officer who was the longest-serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. According to its website,Kelly,a lifelong New Yorker,had spent 45 years in the NYPD,serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2002 until 2013. Kelly was the first man to rise from Police Cadet to Police Commissioner,holding all of the department's ranks,except for Three-Star Bureau Chief,Chief of Department and Deputy Commissioner,having been promoted directly from Two-Star Chief to First Deputy Commissioner in 1990. After his handling of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993,he was mentioned for the first time as a possible candidate for FBI Director. After Kelly turned down the position,Louis Freeh was appointed.
Crime rates in New York City have been recorded since at least the 1800s. The highest crime totals were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic surged,and then declined continuously from around 1990 throughout the 2000s. As of 2023,New York City has significantly lower rates of gun violence than many other large cities. Its 2022 homicide rate of 6.0 per 100,000 residents compares favorably to the rate in the United States as a whole and to rates in much more violent cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is structured into numerous bureaus and units. As a whole,the NYPD is headed by the Police Commissioner,a civilian administrator appointed by the Mayor,with the senior sworn uniformed officer of the service titled "Chief of Department". The Police Commissioner appoints the First Deputy Commissioner as the department's second-in-command and the Chief of Department as the department's highest ranking uniformed officer. The commissioner also appoints a number of deputy and assistant commissioners who do not have operational command and are solely for support and administrative function. The department is divided into twenty bureaus,six of which are enforcement bureaus. Each enforcement bureau is further subdivided into sections,divisions,and units,and into patrol boroughs,precincts,and detective squads. Each bureau is commanded by a bureau chief. There are also a number of specialized units that are not part of any of the bureaus and report to the Chief of the Department.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) originates in the Government of New York City attempts to control rising crime in early- to mid-19th-century New York City. The City's reforms created a full-time professional police force modeled upon London's Metropolitan Police,itself only formed in 1829. Established in 1845,the Municipal Police replaced the inadequate night watch system which had been in place since the 17th century,when the city was founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam.
The Detective Bureau is one of 14 bureaus within the New York City Police Department and is headed by the three-star Chief of Detectives. The Detective Squad was formed in 1857 with the Detective Bureau later formed in 1882.
Patrick Vincent Murphy served as the top law enforcement executive in New York City,Detroit,Washington,DC,and Syracuse,New York. He created the Police Executive Research Forum,an organization of police executives from the nation's largest city,county,and state law enforcement agencies,and led the Police Foundation in a period when it published pivotal reports on issues ranging from the police use of deadly force to the efficient use of patrol resources. Murphy's "long-range impact on American policing nationally probably will be judged by students of police history as significant as that of August Vollmer or J. Edgar Hoover," the FBI's Law Enforcement Bulletin commented in a 1986 cover story on the Police Foundation.
Philip Banks III is the former Deputy Mayor of New York City for Public Safety and a retired law enforcement officer who served as NYPD chief of department in 2013 and 2014. As Chief of Department,Banks oversaw all patrol and specialty units. He resigned in the midst of the investigations into the Eric Adams administration.
Rafael Piñeiro is the former First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and at that time the highest ranking Hispanic American member of the NYPD. In November 2013,he was rumored to be on Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's short list to replace Ray Kelly as NYPD Commissioner.
Benjamin B. Tucker is an American police officer and administrator who was appointed First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner on Nov. 5,2014,in a ceremony at 1 Police Plaza in New York City. Commissioner Tucker is the NYPD's 43rd first deputy commissioner. "This is an amazing moment and time in my life," Tucker said. "I joined the NYPD family on November 21,1969,as an 18-year-old." He was sworn in as a police officer trainee at that time,and is now second in command of the nation's largest police force with a uniformed strength just shy of 35,000,plus several thousand in support staff. He later retired from the New York Police Department in December 2021.
Akai Gurley,a 28-year-old black man,was fatally shot on November 20,2014,in Brooklyn,New York City,United States,by a New York City Police Department officer. Two police officers,patrolling stairwells in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)'s Louis H. Pink Houses in East New York,Brooklyn,entered a pitch-dark,unlit stairwell. Officer Peter Liang,27,had his firearm drawn. Gurley and his girlfriend entered the seventh-floor stairwell,fourteen steps below them. Liang fired his weapon;the shot ricocheted off a wall and fatally struck Gurley in the chest. A jury convicted Liang of manslaughter,which a court later reduced to criminally negligent homicide.
A gang intelligence unit (GIU) is an American law enforcement unit tasked with investigating,suppressing,and combatting gangs within a geographical location. They exist to provide safety as well as information regarding gang activity in an area,and are also commonly found within correctional facilities. GIUs seek advanced awareness of gang activity as a method to suppress gang violence. Intelligence forms the foundation of GIUs' efforts to suppress gang violence and crime and maintain safety within the community.
The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) is a research center at City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The NNSC works with communities to reduce violence,minimize arrest and incarceration,and increase trust between law enforcement and the public. Working in partnership with cities around the country the NNSC provides advising on implementing evidence-based violence reduction strategies. Additionally,the NNSC provides guidance on how to build trust between law enforcement and the communities it serves,facilitates connections between practitioners within and across jurisdictions,and serves as a resource for knowledge about violence prevention and reduction strategies.
Laura Curran is a Canadian-born American politician who served as the county executive of Nassau County from 2018 to 2021. She was the ninth county executive in Nassau County history and the first woman to hold the office. Curran worked as a reporter before serving in the Nassau County Legislature.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) actively monitors public activity in New York City,New York,United States. Historically,surveillance has been used by the NYPD for a range of purposes,including against crime,counter-terrorism,and also for nefarious or controversial subjects such as monitoring political demonstrations,activities,and protests,and even entire ethnic and religious groups.
Dermot Francis Shea is a retired American police officer who was the 44th New York City Police Commissioner. He assumed the position on December 1,2019,and was sworn in by Mayor Bill de Blasio in a public ceremony on December 2.
Andrew David Coster is a New Zealand senior public servant and senior police officer. He has served as the New Zealand Commissioner of Police since 3 April 2020.
George A. Grasso is a retired judge from New York City. He is also a 30 year veteran of the New York City Police Department. He retired as first deputy police commissioner in 2010 to become a judge. Grasso retired as Administrative Judge,Queens County Supreme Court for Criminal Matters in August 2022. He announced his candidacy for Queens District Attorney in October 2022.
Brian O'Hara is an American law enforcement official who is serving as the 54th Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department. He previously served as Public Safety Director of Newark,New Jersey and as an officer in the Newark police force.
