New York City Police Department

…had previously worked in the New York City Police Department for more than 20 years, retiring with the rank of captain. He represented parts of central Brooklyn in the New York state senate (2007–13) and served as the Brooklyn borough president (2014–22).

…is in charge of the city’s 33,000 police officers. The relationship between the mayor and the force has been fraught in the past, notably when officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio during police funerals.

…Inspector Howard Finney of the New York City Police’s crime lab turned to James A. Brussel, a private psychiatrist who had performed counterintelligence profiling work during World War II and the Korean War. Brussel developed an elaborate profile in December 1956 and predicted that the Mad Bomber was (1) a…

…extent of corruption in the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Informally named for its chairman, Milton Mollen, the city’s former deputy mayor for public safety, the commission uncovered blatant corruption in connection with the trade in illegal drugs, including numerous cases in which police officers abetted or committed drug-related…

…“The actions taken by the N.Y.P.D. were wrong—plain and simple.”