SCANNER AUDIO - NYPD POLICE SHOOT-OUT !! -

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The New York City Police Department was established in May 1845, which along with the Boston Police Department, was among the first modern police forces in the United States. At the time, New York City's population of 320000 was served by an archaic force, consisting of one night watch, one hundred city marshals, thirty-one constables, and fifty-one police officers. Peter Cooper, at request of the Common Council, drew up a proposal to create a police force of 1200 officers. John Watts de Peyster was an early advocate of implementing military style discipline and organization to the force.The state legislature approved the proposal which authorized creation of a police force on May 7, 1844, along with abolition of the nightwatch system. Under Mayor William Havemeyer, the NYPD was reorganized on May 13, 1845, with the city divided into three districts, with courts, magistrates, and clerks, and station houses set up. The NYPD was closely modeled after the Metropolitan Police Service in London, which in turn used a military-like organizational structure, with rank and order. In 1857, a new Metropolitan police force was established and the Municipal police abolished. The Metropolitan police bill consolidated the police in New York, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Westchester County (which then included The Bronx), under a governor-appointed board of commissioners. Mayor Fernando Wood and the Municipals, unwilling to be abolished, resisted for several months. Throughout the years <b>...</b>

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NYPD, police, audio, shooting, car, chase, suspect

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