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The New York City Police Department began its life on the 23rd of May 1845. Mayor William Havemeyer shepherded the force into existence to replace an old night watch system that had served the city for decades.
Mayor Eric Adams appointed Jessica Tisch as commissioner on the 25th of November 2024. She is the second woman to hold the job after Keechant Sewell announced her departure on the 12th of June 2023.
As of October 2023, the authorized uniformed strength reached 33,536 personnel. Nineteen thousand four hundred fifty-four civilians work alongside them including approximately three thousand five hundred traffic enforcement agents.
The Domain Awareness System provides information drawn from nine thousand publicly and privately owned license plate readers. This network includes surveillance cameras, shotspotter data, radiation sensors, and chemical sensors.
In 1911, the NYPD appointed its first Black officer. Seven years later, in 1918, they hired their first female officer.