New York City Police Department

"NYPD" redirects here. For the TV series, see N.Y.P.D. (TV series).
Not to be confused with New York State Police.

City of New York Police Department
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Common nameNew York City Police Department
AbbreviationNYPD
Motto
  • Fidelis ad Mortem (Latin)
  • "Faithful Unto Death"
Agency overview
FormedMay 23, 1845; 179 years ago (1845-05-23)
Employees50,676[1]
Annual budgetUS$5.4 b (2022)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNew York City, New York, United States
 
Size468.484 sq mi (1,213.37 km2)
Population8,468,190 (2021)[3]
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersOne Police Plaza, Lower Manhattan
Sworn officersApproximately 36,000 sworn officers[1]
Civilian employeesApproximately 19,000 civilian employees[1]
Police Commissioner responsible
Agency executives
Units
List of units
Facilities
Commands
  • 77 precincts[4]
  • 12 transit districts
  • 9 housing police service areas
Police vehicles9,624[5]
Police boats29[6]
Helicopters8
Horses45[citation needed]
K-9 units34
Website
nyc.gov/nypd
nypdonline.org
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 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. 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.[8][9] According to the official CompStat database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 2019.[10][11] In 2020, it had a budget of US$6 billion.[2] However, the NYPD's actual spending often exceeds its budget.[12]

The NYPD has a history of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct, which critics argue persists into the present day.[13][14][15]

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.

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "QuickFacts: New York City, New York". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Find Your Precinct and Sector - NYPD". NYPD. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fleet Report - Mayor's Office of Operations". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "About NYPD - NYPD". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "Microsoft Power BI". app.powerbigov.us. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  10. ^ "NYPD Complaint Data Historic". NYC Open Data. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.