Yonkers Police Department

The Yonkers Police Department, officially named the City of Yonkers Police Department, is the primary law-enforcement agency in Yonkers, New York.[1] There Current Police Commissioner Is John J. Mueller

Current Yonkers PD Patch

Organization

The department has four precincts as well as a number of special units.[2]

Crime

Crime in Yonkers is below national levels. The homicide rate can be used as a proxy for overall crime.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Homicides (city, number)[3] 13 13 15 9 8 10 9 8 9 7 4 6 3 6 8
Homicides (city, rate)[4] 6.6 6.6 7.6 4.6 4.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.6 2.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 4.0
Homicides (US, rate)[5] 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.1

List Of Departments And Captains

First Precinct Captain Frank Cariello

Second Precinct Captain Andrew McLaughlin

Third Precinct Captain Ralph Carozza

Fourth Precinct Captain Michael Hanley

ESU Captain Patrick Rooney

Detective Division Detective Captain Patrick McCormack

History

Before 1866, the city was patrolled by town constables. In July of that year, the people of the town voted to hire fourteen police officers from nearby New York City. In March 1871, the state government allowed the city to form its own police department. As formed, the department had twenty-two employees headed by a captain.[6] It now has about six hundred police officers.[7]

Line of duty deaths

Seventeen local police officers have died in the line of duty.[8]

Notable cases

The department was critical in the 1977 arrest of the Son of Sam killer, David Berkowitz.

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References
  1. "City of Yonkers Police Department". City Of Yonkers. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. "Police Commissioner". City of Yonkers Police Department. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. "Crime in Yonkers". Citydata. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. "Crime in Yonkers". Citydata. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. "Crime in Yonkers". Citydata. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. "History". City of Yonkers Police Department. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. "Ehezi". "Yonkers Police Swear in 25 New Police Officers". Yonkers Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. "City of Yonkers Police Department". City Of Yonkers. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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