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NYPD: A Global Police Department
'E-TIPS' Will Take A Byte Out Of Crime
BY REUVEN BLAU
Sunday, October 19th, 2008 'The New York Post'
You've got jail!
The NYPD will officially launch tomorrow a crime-fighting Web site that allows good Samaritans to submit "e-tips" and even photos and videos of crimes directly to police.
Tipsters can go to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, which is already up and running, and click on the Submit20Internet Tips icon. They are prompted to fill out a questionnaire and upload any images they might want to send.
The site is secure and anonymous, the NYPD says. It is available in five languages.
Those who submit e-mail tips receive an identification number that can be used to track the case via the Crimestoppers hot line at (800) 577-TIPS.
The NYPD began accepting anonymous cell phone photo and text-message tips in September. Since that program started, the department has received 13 texts, four photos and one video tip.
One cellphone picture led to an arrest of a hit-and-run who clipped a bicyclist near the Brooklyn Navy Yards on Sept. 10.
A quick-thinking eyewitness had snapped a shot of the fleeing driver's license plate and forwarded20it to the NYPD.
Less than two weeks later, 88th Precinct detectives busted the driver, Moises Rosa, 27, and charged him with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and falsely reporting an incident.
"We are taking advantage of the technology," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
The NYPD is also working to directly transmit videos and pictures to cops carrying hand-held devices in the vicinity of a crime. But that program is in its nascent stages.
The department currently deploys eight Real Time Crime Center vans, which allow responding cops to view images as well as listen to 911 calls. Police inside those vehicles can also check a comprehensive list of criminals.
The souped-up vans are now sent to every major crime, Browne said.
But the majority of tips are still phoned in.
"Over the past 25 years, Crimestoppers has assisted the New York City Police Department in solving more than 2,500 violent crimes, including over 1,000 homicides," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Tips that lead to an arrest or indictment are eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, paid for by the New York City Police Foundation.
Bigger NYPD salaries lead to a surge in new police recruits
BY ALISON GENDAR
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 ‘The New York Daily News’
Show them the money and they will come.
A hike in the starting pay for NYPD recruits, coupled with the nation's economic meltdown, means a bumper crop of wanna-be cops, police brass and the recruits themselves said.
"It's a living wage now," said a 28-year-old Army vet who is taking the NYPD test next Saturday. "Now it's doable, and it's the only place around, in the economic mess, that is hiring."
The NYPD has averaged 327 new applicants a day since Aug. 22 - the day after the new salaries were announced, police officials said.
That's an 80% increase from the 180 applicants a day the NYPD registered between May 16 and Aug. 21.
The new contract boosted starting pay to $41,975 in the police academy and $43,644 after six months.That's a far cry from the $25,100 starting pay of 2005, when an arbitration panel slashed the rookie salary to pay for a raise for cops already on the payroll.
Starting pay jumped back to $35,881 in January, but the NYPD's recruiting was still off.
Money talks.
Some 27,923 applicants have signed up to take the NYPD's Saturday entry exam. Each of the previous nine exams have averaged about 21,790 applicants.
The number of walk-ins taking the NYPD exam at a city computerized testing center has also risen. Some 1,103 took the test between Aug. 22 and Sept. 30, compared with 584 between July 1 and Aug. 21.
"It just seems a more attractive career," said a 25-year-old computer analyst hoping to join the NYPD. She was relieved the new contract boosted the top pay for experienced cops to $76,488 by August 2009. Add holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential and longevity pay, and a cop with 51/2 years' experience will earn $90,829 - before overtime.
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch locked in the lucrative contract just before Wall Street and the economy hit the skids.
"The money is better over the long haul," the computer analyst said. "With greedy Wall Street getting what it deserves, it's like getting paid a fair wage to do something good."
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Police Officers overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives them a 17% raise over four years. Members of the PBA approved the contract by 99.4%.
Under the agreement, the January 2009 Police Academy class will have a starting base salary of $40,361 and goes to $41,975 on August 1, 2009. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, and average night differential; a first-year Police Officer will have a total salary of $46,228 before overtime.
The base pay will increase every year to $76,488 after 5.5 years. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential, and longevity pay; a Police Officer with 5.5 years will earn $90,829 before overtime.
'E-TIPS' Will Take A Byte Out Of Crime
BY REUVEN BLAU
Sunday, October 19th, 2008 'The New York Post'
You've got jail!
The NYPD will officially launch tomorrow a crime-fighting Web site that allows good Samaritans to submit "e-tips" and even photos and videos of crimes directly to police.
Tipsters can go to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, which is already up and running, and click on the Submit20Internet Tips icon. They are prompted to fill out a questionnaire and upload any images they might want to send.
The site is secure and anonymous, the NYPD says. It is available in five languages.
Those who submit e-mail tips receive an identification number that can be used to track the case via the Crimestoppers hot line at (800) 577-TIPS.
The NYPD began accepting anonymous cell phone photo and text-message tips in September. Since that program started, the department has received 13 texts, four photos and one video tip.
One cellphone picture led to an arrest of a hit-and-run who clipped a bicyclist near the Brooklyn Navy Yards on Sept. 10.
A quick-thinking eyewitness had snapped a shot of the fleeing driver's license plate and forwarded20it to the NYPD.
Less than two weeks later, 88th Precinct detectives busted the driver, Moises Rosa, 27, and charged him with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and falsely reporting an incident.
"We are taking advantage of the technology," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
The NYPD is also working to directly transmit videos and pictures to cops carrying hand-held devices in the vicinity of a crime. But that program is in its nascent stages.
The department currently deploys eight Real Time Crime Center vans, which allow responding cops to view images as well as listen to 911 calls. Police inside those vehicles can also check a comprehensive list of criminals.
The souped-up vans are now sent to every major crime, Browne said.
But the majority of tips are still phoned in.
"Over the past 25 years, Crimestoppers has assisted the New York City Police Department in solving more than 2,500 violent crimes, including over 1,000 homicides," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Tips that lead to an arrest or indictment are eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, paid for by the New York City Police Foundation.
Bigger NYPD salaries lead to a surge in new police recruits
BY ALISON GENDAR
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 ‘The New York Daily News’
Show them the money and they will come.
A hike in the starting pay for NYPD recruits, coupled with the nation's economic meltdown, means a bumper crop of wanna-be cops, police brass and the recruits themselves said.
"It's a living wage now," said a 28-year-old Army vet who is taking the NYPD test next Saturday. "Now it's doable, and it's the only place around, in the economic mess, that is hiring."
The NYPD has averaged 327 new applicants a day since Aug. 22 - the day after the new salaries were announced, police officials said.
That's an 80% increase from the 180 applicants a day the NYPD registered between May 16 and Aug. 21.
The new contract boosted starting pay to $41,975 in the police academy and $43,644 after six months.That's a far cry from the $25,100 starting pay of 2005, when an arbitration panel slashed the rookie salary to pay for a raise for cops already on the payroll.
Starting pay jumped back to $35,881 in January, but the NYPD's recruiting was still off.
Money talks.
Some 27,923 applicants have signed up to take the NYPD's Saturday entry exam. Each of the previous nine exams have averaged about 21,790 applicants.
The number of walk-ins taking the NYPD exam at a city computerized testing center has also risen. Some 1,103 took the test between Aug. 22 and Sept. 30, compared with 584 between July 1 and Aug. 21.
"It just seems a more attractive career," said a 25-year-old computer analyst hoping to join the NYPD. She was relieved the new contract boosted the top pay for experienced cops to $76,488 by August 2009. Add holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential and longevity pay, and a cop with 51/2 years' experience will earn $90,829 - before overtime.
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch locked in the lucrative contract just before Wall Street and the economy hit the skids.
"The money is better over the long haul," the computer analyst said. "With greedy Wall Street getting what it deserves, it's like getting paid a fair wage to do something good."
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Police Officers overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives them a 17% raise over four years. Members of the PBA approved the contract by 99.4%.
Under the agreement, the January 2009 Police Academy class will have a starting base salary of $40,361 and goes to $41,975 on August 1, 2009. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, and average night differential; a first-year Police Officer will have a total salary of $46,228 before overtime.
The base pay will increase every year to $76,488 after 5.5 years. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential, and longevity pay; a Police Officer with 5.5 years will earn $90,829 before overtime.
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