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New York City Police Officer
The City of New York Police Department, also referred to as New York City Police Department (NYPD), 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 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. According to the official CompStat database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 2019. In 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flags Of New York City
The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City, the respective flags of the Borough (New York City), boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and flags of certain city departments. The city flag is a vertical Triband (flag), tricolor in blue, white, and orange (colour), orange and charged in the center bar with the seal of New York City in blue. The tricolor design is derived from the flag of the Monarchy of the Netherlands, Dutch Monarchy—the Prince's Flag—as used in New Amsterdam in 1625, when that city became the capital of New Netherland. History For the first few hundred years of its existence, the City of New York lacked an official flag. During the Civil War the 10th New York Infantry Regiment was given a blue Military colours, standards and guidons, regimental flag that bore the state seal in the front and the city's seal in the back. By the end of the 19th century, the city was flying an unofficial flag featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
