Introduction to the NYPD Study Guide With Practice Exam Questions Fully Solved.

What kind of organization is the NYPD - correct answer But the first thing you need to know about the NYPD is that this is not a democracy. This is a paramilitary institution that is organized by rank and status. NYPD mission statement - correct answer To enhance the quality of life in our city by working in partnership with the community and in accordance with constitutional right to enforce laws, preserve the peace, reduce fear, and provide for a safe environment. Roots and Origin/Est. Date of NYPD - correct answer The Department has its roots in Old Dutch and English watchman systems, and was formally established as the NYPD in May of 1845. Draft Riots Exemption Amount $ - correct answer Anybody who could pay the government $300 was deemed to have made his contribution to the war efforts, and was exempt from the draft. Draft Riots Death Toll - correct answer This race riot resulted in deaths estimated as high as 3,000 Draft Riots Motto - correct answer From this event the grateful people of the City of New York gave us our motto: Fidelis Ad Mortem...Faithful unto Death. Nineteenth Century - Alexander "Clubber" Williams - correct answer the captain of the Times Square precinct, the "tenderloin," where graft was the greatest. At work, he extorted, stole, and used the club that gave him his nickname to beat anybody who resisted his authority. Lexow Committee Twentieth Century Reform - correct answer Held public hearings and showed the extent to which the Department had been corrupted by its connections to crooked politicians and racketeers. Its star witness, Max Schmittberger, testified that he had paid $300 to become an officer and $12,000 to become a captain. The usual price, Schmittberger testified, was $10,000, but he had to go higher because another officer was bidding against him. Curran Committee Twentieth Century Reform - correct answer Curran Commission exposed ties between police and racketeers, resulting in criminal indictments against eight Inspectors. In 1914, the Department hired Samuel Battle, its first black officer and, in 1917, introduced its first radio patrol cars. Seabury Committee Twentieth Century Reform - correct answer By the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the nation was deep in the Depression, and the NYPD was just coming out of another of its 20-year cycle of corruption scandals, this time exposed by the Seabury Commission in 1931. These three forces combined to change the NYPD forever and, in the view of many historians, are among the major factors responsible for the modern NYPD. The end of Prohibition meant that the flow of illegal liquor, and the graft that went with it, had come to stop. The Seabury Commission disclosures had many consequences, most notably the election of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, a great reformer who vowed to clean up City government. Knapp Commission - correct answer As the 1970s began, yet another corruption scandal erupted, when the New York Times published strong evidence developed by Officer Frank Serpico and Sergeant David Durk that officers in the Plainclothes Division - the vice squad - were involved in widespread corruption involving payoffs from gamblers. Another investigation - conducted by the Knapp Commission - confirmed this, and showed that extended corruption also existed among uniformed officers. Women Started in the NYPD - Date - correct answer The NYPD changed in even more significant ways during the 1970s. A series of court decisions and civil rights laws changed the rules for hiring police officers and, in 1973, resulted in the Department's first hiring of women on the same basis as men. The old patrolman and policewoman titles were merged into the police officer rank, and women were assigned to patrol in the same way that men were. How Many Police Precincts - correct answer 77 COMPSTAT System - correct answer in the 90's Bratton established the COMPSTAT system of holding commanders accountable for responding to crimes in their areas of responsibility was developed, and has been emulated across the globe. Define Police Science - correct answer Police Science Police -- (1) The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of the community. (2) Regulation and control of the affairs of the community, especially with respect to maintenance of order, law, health, morals and public welfare. Science --(1) A branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws. (2) Systematic knowledge gained through observation and experimentation. Define Criminology - correct answer One of the disciplines associated with Police Science is Criminology. Criminology encompasses more than just the actual act of a crime itself, it includes the study of crimes as well as the behaviors, causes, consequences, reactions and results. Kansas City Preventative Patrol - correct answer Study to find: The first was if a visible police presence prevents crime by deterring potential offenders. The second was if the public's fear of crime is diminished by such police presence. Also considered was if the public would notice changes to the level of patrols and if it would affect their degree of satisfaction with the Police Department. Results: preventive patrol had no discernible effect & ineffective at reducing crime. Chain of Command - correct answer The chain of command is based on the management principle that, in normal conditions, each worker should have only one immediate supervisor. Police Commissioner - correct answer -The Police Commissioner of the City of New York is the Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Police Department -its only five-star official. - known as a civilian - appointed by the Mayor First Deputy Commissioner - correct answer -The First Deputy Commissioner holds a four-star position