New York City Police Department
American municipal police force
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| 2025 | New York City Police Department introduces the 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility to its fleet, with an estimated 10 or fewer vehicles in use, specifically deployed by the Highway Patrol division. |
| 2024 | Lieutenant Thomas Fabrizi was found to have stolen $64,000 in overtime compensation for shifts worked at home and for a security contractor. |
| 2024 | The anticipated complete rollout of the 2023 vehicle design was interrupted when the NYPD changed the vehicle design again before completion, resulting in significant cost to taxpayers. |
| 2024 | The NYPD changed its motto from 'Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect' to 'Fighting Crime, Protecting the Public'. |
| December 2024 | Chief of Internal Affairs, Miguel Iglesias, was forced out amid criticism of his handling of sexual abuse allegations against former Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, triggering a department-wide personnel review. |
| December 18 2024 | The new 116th precinct was opened on the parking lot site adjacent to the Queens South satellite facility. |
| November 25 2024 | Mayor Eric Adams appointed Jessica Tisch as the NYPD Commissioner, making her the second woman to serve in this role. |
| September 2024 | NYPD was accused of extorting a Brooklyn bar owner, leading to Commissioner Edward Caban's resignation following a federal investigation. |
| September 15 2024 | NYPD officers shot at Derell Mickles, an allegedly knife-wielding fare evader at the Sutter Avenue station in Brooklyn. The shooting resulted in Mickles, one officer, and two bystanders being struck. Bodycam footage contradicted police's initial claim that Mickles charged at them, showing he was standing still with hands at his sides when fired upon. Mickles was left severely injured and unable to walk, while one bystander suffered critical brain damage. |
| March 2024 | NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban reported the department exceeded its overtime budget by $100 million, spending $2.5 million weekly on overtime. |
| 2023 | Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell introduced a new vehicle design with graphics paying homage to the NYPD flag, featuring five green and white stripes representing the five boroughs and a dark blue Canton with 24 stars representing absorbed villages. The design also included new 360-degree camera systems for patrol cars. |
| 2023 | The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau was merged with the Intelligence Bureau into a single combined bureau, supervised by Deputy Commissioner Rebecca U. Weiner. The new structure established two divisions - Intelligence and Counterterrorism - each led by an Assistant or Deputy Chief. |
| 2023 | NYPD reported a diverse workforce composition: 47% white and 53% minority groups across the entire police force. |
| June 12 2023 | Keechant Sewell announced her resignation as NYPD Commissioner, with no specific reason provided for her departure. |
| April 2023 | Mayor Eric Adams revived the Digidog program, purchasing two robots for $750,000 using asset forfeiture funds, reversing the previous administration's decision. |
| January 1 2022 | Keechant Sewell became the first woman to serve as the NYPD Commissioner. |
| 2021 | An internal NYPD investigation revealed racist online forum posts by the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Division, including derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio's son, after the New York City Council's Oversight and Investigations Division brought these messages to light. |
| 2021 | Eric Adams, after being elected mayor of New York City, pledged to reinstate the Anti-Crime Unit to address the city's increasing gun violence problem. |
| 2021 | The NYPD ceased enforcement of marijuana crimes other than driving under the influence. |
| October 2021 | Off-duty police officer Yvonne Wu broke into her ex-girlfriend's home and shot Jamie Liang and Jenny Li with an NYPD-issued Glock-19 pistol, killing Liang. Wu was subsequently suspended without pay and charged with murder. |
| April 28 2021 | NYPD announced termination of the Digidog lease following significant public pushback and criticism about the robot's $94,000 price tag. |
| April 24 2021 | U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres proposed federal legislation requiring police departments to report use of surveillance technology to the Department of Homeland Security and Congress. |
| January 11 2021 | The NYPD publishes details and policies regarding surveillance technologies in compliance with the POST Act, following Mayor Bill de Blasio's signing of the bill as part of police reforms in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests. |
| 2020 | ProPublica published a report documenting widespread allegations of false arrest and sexual misconduct in NYPD prostitution stings, highlighting concerns about undercover officer tactics and racial disparities in enforcement. |
| 2020 | Continued NYPD editing of Wikipedia pages was reported, with such edits quickly being reversed by Wikipedia administrators. |
| 2020 | Documentation of NYPD parking placard corruption continued through at least this year, with ongoing instances of illegal parking and abuse of official placards by police officers. |
| 2020 | The NYPD Anti-Crime Units were disbanded, with approximately 600 officers transferred to the Detective Bureau and Neighborhood Policing. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests, NYPD officers were documented attacking protesters, with over 60 videos showing excessive force. |
| 2020 | Juanita N. Holmes became the first black woman to be appointed Chief of the Patrol Bureau, becoming the highest-ranked uniformed woman in the NYPD at the time. |
| 2020 | NYPD officer residential data revealed 51% of officers were living outside New York City, an increase from 42% in 2016. |
| 2020 | NYPD deployed Digidog, a robotic dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics, equipped with cameras, lights, and two-way communication capabilities for potential use in high-risk situations. |
| 2020 | Manhattan Institute for Policy Research poll shows public approval of NYPD at 53% to 40%, with significant racial differences in perception: 59% approval from whites and Asians, 51% from Hispanics, and 51% of black residents disapproving. |
| December 1 2020 | The POST Act is set to go into effect, potentially requiring the NYPD to disclose details about its surveillance system's budget and funding sources for the first time. |
| September 2020 | Human Rights Watch published a 99-page report detailing police misconduct during the George Floyd protests, with prosecutors considering charges against up to 40 officers for excessive force. |
| June 18 2020 | The New York City Council passes the POST Act, mandating comprehensive reporting and oversight of NYPD surveillance technologies. |
| June 12 2020 | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act into law, describing the police reforms as 'long overdue'. The act makes using a chokehold a class C felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. |
| June 12 2020 | Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the police reforms into law, describing them as 'long overdue'. |
| June 8 2020 | Both houses of the New York state assembly passed the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act, making chokehold-related injuries or deaths a potential class C felony. |
| June 4 2020 | Human Rights Watch documented a coordinated attempt by NYPD officers to 'kettle', assault, and mass arrest peaceful protesters in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. |
| May 2020 | Officer Garcia was stripped of his gun, shield, and badge and reassigned to desk duty following a controversial incident. |
| May 30 2020 | A video circulated showing NYPD police vehicles accelerating into a crowd of protesters. Another video depicted an officer pulling a black protester's mask off to pepper spray his face, leading to the officer's suspension without pay and referral to an internal disciplinary process. |
| May 29 2020 | An NYPD officer shoved a 20-year-old woman to the ground during a protest near Barclays Center in Brooklyn, causing her to suffer a concussion and seizures. The officer was suspended without pay and became the first officer to be charged for actions during the protests. |
| May 3 2020 | A viral video showed NYPD officer Francisco Garcia repeatedly punching and tasering Donni Wright during an arrest for violating social distancing requirements, highlighting Garcia's history of alleged police brutality. |
| February 2020 | Media reported that District Attorney Offices in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island created 'Do Not Call' rosters of NYPD officers who would not be permitted to testify in court due to credibility concerns. |
| 2019 | Misconduct lawsuits against the NYPD cost taxpayers $68,688,423, a 76 percent increase from the previous year, including approximately $10 million paid to two exonerated individuals who were falsely convicted and imprisoned. |
| 2019 | Lasou Kuyateh, falsely arrested in one of the marijuana planting incidents, initiated legal proceedings to sue the city of New York for $1 million after his marijuana charge was dropped due to bodycam evidence. |
| 2019 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) began testing facial recognition technology. |
| 2019 | Completion of a 29% growth in the NYPD's genetic profile database, which now contains 82,473 genetic profiles. |
| 2019 | NYPD responded to 482,337 crime reports and made 214,617 arrests, marking a significant reduction in major felonies compared to the peak crime rates of the 1980s and 1990s. |
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