New York City Police Department (NYPD). The police department of New York City is the primary law enforcement agency within the city. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the U.S.
The NYPD is headquartered at 1 Police Plaza, located on Park Row in Lower Manhattan near City Hall.
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 database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 2019. In 2020, it had a budget of US$6 billion.
The NYPD has a history of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct, which critics argue persists into the present day.
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.
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