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New York City Police Department (NYPD), established in 1845, which is currently the largest municipal police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. The NYPD is one of the oldest police departments established in the United States and it manages to keep la rate of deliquency low, although the city has a huge population and the number of persons who are working at this institution is not that high. For as long as I know I have been fascinated by the work of policemen, an element that influenced me was the fact that my father takes part at this wide organization who is struggling to fight deliquency, although they are surrounded by danger everywhere they go, even when they are not at work. The first chapter sumarizes the history of the nypd , how it was established and evolved.In the yaer of 1844 the city had 320 000 citizens and a small number of policer memebers, about 200 hundred. The local authorities riched the conclusion that they shoul increase the number in order to abolish crimes. Democracy had an important role in the development of the police force as it lead to a division of the police force. This split lead to an increasing crime rate riots. In the 20th century the police department had a new leader, Police Comissioner Theodore Roosevelt.Due to the technological development the nypd established new units and it was among the first ones to detect fingerprints.At the end of the century the situation went down as these years were marked by the discovery and usage of drugs , a factor which increased the rates of thefts,murders and suicides. The second chapter talks about some of the units of the nypd: the aviation unit, the organised crime control bureau, the harbor and scuba team,the crime scene unit and the traffic control. ----NYPD Traffic Enforcement has many duties including directing traffic, enforcing parking regulations, towing vehicles, providing highway assistance, and enforcing laws related to roadway construction ---- The Unit is responsible for forensic investigations of all homicides and sexual assaults, as well as other crimes as deemed necessary by an investigating supervisor. The Crime Scene Unit is composed of NYPD detectives (or occasionally police officers that are awaiting their promotion to detective), not

civilian technicians like crime scene units in other parts of the U.S. Generally these detectives come from an Evidence Collection Team which is operated at the borough level. The Crime Scene Unit covers all of the boroughs of New York City, but is staffed with less than 1% of the total number of detectives in the NYPD. These detectives are dedicated to doing what is necessary to ensure that the precinct detectives and the District Attorney have as much evidence to identify the perpetrator of the crime and convict them at trial. --- On March 15, 1858, five members of the New York City Police Department rowed out into New York Harbor to combat piracy aboard merchant ships lying at anchor. The NYPD Harbor Unit has existed ever since, protecting life and property. With hundreds of miles of inland waterways to cover, the unit operates 27 boats from three bases. Founded in 1928, it claims the distinction of being the oldest police aviation unit in the world, but there is a competing claim from the London Metropolitan Police Service ("The Met"). Based in Brooklyn, the Aviation Unit responds to various emergencies and tasks, supporting other units of the N.Y.P.D. Among its capabilities are the deployment of divers for water rescues. From a standing start, the unit claims it can be anywhere in the five boroughs within 15 minutes, but this has been disputed and is dependent on weather conditions and air traffic congestion.