New York City Department of Sanitation Police

New York City Department of Sanitation Police
Common name NYC Sanitation Police, DSNY Police

Patch of the New York City Department of Sanitation Police

Shield of the New York City Department of Sanitation Police
Agency overview
Formed 1936
Preceding agency Municipal Law Enforcement
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of New York in the state of New York, United States
Map of New York City Department of Sanitation Police's jurisdiction.
Size 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2)
Population 8,274,527
Legal jurisdiction New York state
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Brooklyn, NY
Sanitation Peace officers Approx. 130 (2009)
Commissioner responsible Kathryn Garcia
Agency executive Christopher Klingler, Director of Enforcement
Parent agency New York City Department of Sanitation
Website
DSNY Official Site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The New York City Department of Sanitation Police are New York State Peace Officers as per section 2.10 of the New York State Criminal Procedure Law and are the law enforcement arm of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

Overview

Numbering approximately 130 officers, lieutenants, inspectors and chiefs, the DSNY Police force is made up of regular sanitation personnel who are specially chosen from a list of Department-employed applicants who have volunteered to undertake law enforcement duties. Officers maintain the civil service title of SANITATION WORKER.

Training

After undergoing sixteen weeks of intense training, graduates become New York State Peace Officers. Sanitation Peace officers carry a firearm after being issued a permits by the New York City Police department pistol license section and are also equipped with handcuffs, pepper spray, and batons.

Once officers complete the four-month training academy, they undergo 400 hours of on-the-job field training as a Sanitation Peace Officer trainee with an experienced Officer before being issued assignments.

Sanitation Peace Officers undergo yearly training to keep up with current laws and procedures and to re-qualify on all previous qualifications.

Power and Authority

New York City Sanitation Officers are NYS Peace Officers as per NYS CPL, and are authorized to make arrests, issue criminal court, NYS VTL and parking summonses, use physical and deadly physical force, and enforce sanitation provisions within the NYC Administrative Code, including illegal dumping.

Operations & Notable Investigations

Patrolling both in uniform and in plainclothes, Sanitation Peace Officers' responsibilities range from summonsing residents for mixing recyclable and non-recyclable trash to investigating the illegal dumping of refuse, commercial and toxic waste.

In 1996, Environmental enforcement Officers assisted the NYPD with investigating the death of a sanitation worker who was killed when he was struck in the face by deadly hydrofluoric acid that was mixed with ordinary garbage. The suspect was arrested by Detectives from the New York City Police for Aggravated Manslaughter.

Divisions

There are a number of divisions within the Sanitation Police, with each division handling different law enforcement functions:

Sanitation Peace Officers are also assigned to the New York City Business Integrity Commission and the New York City Office of Emergency Management.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ NYC Business Integrity Commission
  2. ↑ NYC Office of Emergency Management
NYC Sanitation Police RMP

External links

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