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New York City Police Department
Flag of the New York City Police Department
Flag of the New York City Police Department
Common nameNew York Police Department
AbbreviationNYPD
MottoFidelis ad Mortem
Faithful Unto Death
Agency overview
Formed1845
Employees34,500 (Uniformed)[1]
Annual budget$3.9 billion
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNew York, U.S.
Map of New York City Police Department's jurisdiction
Size468.9 square miles (1,214 km2)
Population8,175,133
Legal jurisdictionNew York City
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1 Police Plaza
Police Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyNew York City
Units
List
Boroughs
List
  • Manhattan North
  • Manhattan South
  • Brooklyn North
  • Brooklyn South
  • Queens North
  • Queens South
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island
Facilities
Commands77 Precincts
12 Transit Districts
9 Housing Police Service Areas
Police cars8,839
Police boats11
Helicopters8
Horses120
Dogs31 German Shepherds
3 Bloodhounds
Website
www.NYC.gov

The Hollywood Police Department (HPD) is a full-service agency servicing a population of 145,629 in 27 square miles (70 km2) of the municipality of Hollywood, Florida.[3]

History edit

The HPD was established on December 8, 1925. Virgil Wright, a Broward County deputy sheriff had been patrolling the unincorporated area that was to become the municipality of Hollywood for the previous five years. The newly-formed city council offered the job of chief of police to Deputy Wright, who accepted. Tiring of the responsibilities in less than two months, Chief Wright resigned from his position as chief of police. The city council appointed four chiefs within a ten-month period thereafter.[4]

Organization edit

The current chief of police is Chadwick E. Wagner, who replaced James Scarberry amid a scandal concerning an FBI investigation of the department.[5] The department is divided into two bureaus:[6]

  • Bureau of Administration
  • Bureau of Patrol

Campaign against snipe signs edit

In 2012, the department began to use computer software to call numbers on commercial signs left on roadsides in the city. It reported as much as an eighty percent decrease in these small "snipe signs" in the city limits. [7]

Controversy edit

Police Chief Rick Stone was brought in to try to reform the troubled and scandal-plagued department in 1996. He filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) lawsuit on April 13, 2000 against the Broward County Police Benevolent Association and two union bosses, who were also members of the Hollywood Police Department.[8]

In 2007, several Hollywood Police Department officers were implicated in a wide-reaching corruption investigation by the FBI, and a few officers turned state's evidence in order to reduce their potential sentences.[9] Several officers faced trial and one was convicted in August 2007.[10]

In 2009, five Hollywood Police Department officers were accused of trying to cover up a crash involving one of their own officers by lying on police reports. The officer is clearly noted on video to "draw little Disney here.." the report and as saying, "if I have to bend the rules to protect a cop I'm gonna." The audio from the incident was recorded by dashboard camera, and was reportedly full of vulgar language.[11] On 7 January 2010, Police Chief Chad Wagner said the officers concerned may be fired. The officers were by that point in their sixth month of paid leave.[12]On 10 April, 2012, Officer Joel Francisco was sentenced to ninety days in jail after have plead guilty in the incident.[13] One other former Hollywood officer, Dewey Pressley, is appealing a ninety day sentence.[14]

Fallen officers edit

  • Officer Owen Coleman, January 25, 1926
  • Officer Henry T. Minard, November 18, 1972
  • Officer Byron W. Riley, August 30, 1973
  • Officer Phillip C. Yourman, August 30, 1973
  • Officer Frankie M. Shivers, September 6, 1982[15]
  • Officer Alex Del Rio, November 22, 2008[16]

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/faq/faq_police.shtml
  2. ^ Chief Banks biography at NYPD website
  3. ^ "Hollywood (Florida) - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
  4. ^ Hollywood Police History
  5. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/06/1412599/hollywood-aims-to-fire-six-in.html
  6. ^ Hollywood Police Department - Command Staff
  7. ^ In Florida, Fighting Sign Pollution with Robocalls, by Robbie Brown, 3 June 2012, New York Times
  8. ^ http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2000/04/24/ex-police-chief-sues-south-florida-union
  9. ^ "Four Hollywood Florida Police Officers Take Step Toward Corruption Plea Deals". The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida). 19 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-10-02. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Former Hollywood police officer sentenced in corruption probe" (Press release). United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
  11. ^ Tonya Alanez (July 29, 2009). "Hollywood officers accused of faking report in crash". The Miami Herald. Retrieved November 2, 2009. [dead link]
  12. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/06/1412599/hollywood-aims-to-fire-six-in.html
  13. ^ Ex-cop pleads guilty in crash cover-up, 10 April 2012, WSVN television news report
  14. ^ Olmeda, Rafael A. (13 January 2012). "Former Hollywood cop gets, and appeals, 90-day jail sentence". SunSentinel. Retrieved 2013-Feb-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ Slain Officers
  16. ^ Fallen Heroes - Officer Alex Del Rio

External links edit

Category:Municipal police departments of Florida Category:Hollywood, Florida

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