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  2. New York City Police Department - Wikipedia

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    NYPD Police officer in uniform at the US Women's Soccer Team ticker-tape parade in 2019. 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 ...

  3. Organization of the New York City Police Department

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    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 ...

  4. History of the New York City Police Department - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. While the effort was applauded by some New Yorkers, the motto was also widely mocked and repurposed by police critics. After a white NYPD officer was charged with sodomizing a Black man, Abner ...

  6. List of New York City Police Department officers - Wikipedia

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    Police official who led the NYPD Detectives Bureau and was involved in the Becker-Rosenthal murder trial. [1] John H. McCullagh: Captain: 1842–1893 1864–1893 Police official who closed down a number of well known panel houses including Shang Draper's operation which led to the breakup of his criminal gang. [1] Charles McDonnell: Inspector ...

  7. New York City Police Department corruption and misconduct

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    Civilian asking New York Mayor Abram Hewitt for protection from the police, Judge, 1887. Throughout the history of the New York City Police Department, numerous instances of corruption, misconduct, and other allegations of such, have occurred. Over 12,000 cases have resulted in lawsuit settlements totaling over $400 million during a five-year ...

  8. Michael Dowd (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    Michael F. Dowd (born January 10, 1961) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, drug distributor, and enforcer for the Dominican American Diaz criminal organization who was arrested in 1992 for running a drug ring out of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. [1] He is the subject of the 2014 documentary film The Seven Five ...

  9. New York City Police Commissioner - Wikipedia

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    This is a separate position from the Chief of Department, who is the senior sworn uniformed member of the force. The First Deputy Commissioner is the Commissioner and department's second-in-command. [2] The office of the Police Commissioner is located at the NYPD Headquarters, One Police Plaza. Both the commissioner and first deputy ...