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New York City Police Department
New York City Police Department
	Flag of the New York City Police Department
Common name	New York Police Department
Abbreviation	NYPD
Motto	Fidelis ad Mortem; Faithful Unto Death
Agency overview
Formed	1845
Employees	34,500 (Uniformed)
Annual budget	$3.9 billion
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	New York, U.S.
	Map of New York City Police Department's jurisdiction
Size	468.9 square miles (1,214 km2)
Population	8,175,133
Legal jurisdiction	New York City
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	1 Police Plaza
Police Commissioner responsible	Raymond W. Kelly;
Agency executive	Phillip Banks III, Chief of Department;
Parent agency	New York City
Units	List Auxiliary Police ; Aviation ; Crime Scene ; Emergency Service ; Highway Patrol ; Housing Bureau ; Evidence Collection ; Major Case Squad ; Movie and Television ; Organized Crime Control Bureau ; Real Time Crime ; Scuba Team and Harbor ; Special Victims ; School Safety ; Taxi Squad ; Transit Bureau ; Transportation Bureau ;
Boroughs	List Manhattan North ; Manhattan South ; Brooklyn North ; Brooklyn South ; Queens North ; Queens South ; Bronx; Staten Island ;
Facilities
Commands	77 Precincts; 12 Transit Districts; 9 Housing Police Service Areas
Police cars	8,839
Police boats	11
Helicopters	8
Horses	120
Dogs	31 German Shepherds; 3 Bloodhounds
Website
	www.NYC.gov

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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

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

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

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

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

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

^ http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/faq/faq_police.shtml
^ Chief Banks biography at NYPD website
^ "Hollywood (Florida) - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
^ Hollywood Police History
^ http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/06/1412599/hollywood-aims-to-fire-six-in.html
^ Hollywood Police Department - Command Staff
^ In Florida, Fighting Sign Pollution with Robocalls, by Robbie Brown, 3 June 2012, New York Times
^ http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2000/04/24/ex-police-chief-sues-south-florida-union
^ "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)
^ "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.
^ Tonya Alanez (July 29, 2009). "Hollywood officers accused of faking report in crash". The Miami Herald. Retrieved November 2, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/06/1412599/hollywood-aims-to-fire-six-in.html
^ Ex-cop pleads guilty in crash cover-up, 10 April 2012, WSVN television news report
^ 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)
^ Slain Officers
^ Fallen Heroes - Officer Alex Del Rio

External links

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

[1] ttp://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] ttp://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] ttp://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] ttp://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

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