The New York City Police Foundation was established in 1971 by business and civic leaders as a nonprofit tax-exempt charity that could raise money to spend on projects supporting

NYPD The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, established on May 23, 1845, is the primary municipal law enforcement agency within the City of New York, the largest and one of the oldest in ...

reform and modernization efforts as well as helping improve its relationship with the broader

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community. The NYCPF was the first municipal foundation of its type in the country. The NYCPF public-private partnership provides the

New York City Police Department The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, established on May 23, 1845, is the primary municipal law enforcement agency within the City of New York, the largest and one of the oldest in ...

with the means to launch experimental programs. The Foundation supported Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly's efforts to establish the Real Time Crime Center. Since its founding, the NYCPF has raised more than $120 million on behalf of the NYPD from the city’s power elite. However, critics have claimed that the NYPD has been unduly influenced by a $4.6 million gift from

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, via the New York City Police Foundation, that funded patrol car laptops as well as security monitoring devices.

References

External links

NYCPF official site
* Local Police Foundations in the U.S. New York City Police Department Organizations based in New York City 1971 establishments in New York City {{US-law-enforcement-agency-stub