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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  "New York City Police Department" – news  · newspapers  · books  · scholar  · JSTOR ( July 2019 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Officers graduate from the Police Academy after five and a half to six months (or sometimes more) of training in various academic, physical, and tactical fields. For the first 18 months of their careers, they are designated as "Probationary Police Officers", or more informally, "rookies". There are three career "tracks" in the NYPD: supervisory, investigative, and specialist. The supervisory track consists of nine ranks; promotion to the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, and captain are made via competitive civil service examinations. After reaching the rank of captain, promotion to the ranks of dep...
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Demographics

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As of July 2020, the NYPD's current authorized uniformed strength is 35,783. There are also 19,454 civilian employees, including approximately 4,500 auxiliary police officers, 5,500 school safety agents, and 3,500 traffic enforcement agents currently employed by the department. The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (NYC PBA), the largest municipal police union in the United States, represents over 50,000 active and retired NYC police officers. Of the entire 35,783-member police force in 2020: 47% are white and 53% are members of minority groups. Of 23,464 officers on patrol: 43% (10,162) are non-Hispanic white 57% (13,302 are Black, Latino (of any race), or Asian or Asian-American. Of 5,289 detectives: 52% (2,771) are non-Hispanic white 48% (2,518) are Black, Latino (of any race), or Asian or Asian-American. Of 4,550 sergeants: 52% (2,379) are non-Hispanic white 48% (2,171) are Black, Latino (of any race), or Asian or Asian-American. Of 1,706 lieutenants: 59%...
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History

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The Municipal Police were established in 1845, replacing an old night watch system. Mayor William Havemeyer shepherded the NYPD together. In 1857, it was replaced by a metropolitan force. The New York City Transit Police and the New York City Housing Authority Police Department were merged into the NYPD in 1995. The NYPD appointed its first black officer in 1911, and the first female officers in 1918. In 1994 the NYPD developed the CompStat computer system for tracking crime geographically. This award-winning system has since been implemented by a number of other police departments in the US and overseas. Research is mixed on whether CompStat had an impact on crime rates.
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