New York City Department of Sanitation Police
| New York City Department of Sanitation Police | |
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| Common name | NYC Sanitation Police, DSNY Police, SanPolice, SanCop, NYSPD |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| DSNY Official Site | |
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| * 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 and 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:
- The Citywide Illegal Dumping Task Force headed by Inspector Desmond McNamee.
- The Environmental Enforcement Unit – Assigned to the enforcement of the illegal transportation, removal, and disposal of asbestos, low-level radioactive, medical and hazardous waste.
- Permit and Inspection Unit – Handles enforcement of NYC Rules and Regulations of permitted transfer stations, the detection and closure of illegal transfer stations, as well as seizing and impounding the equipment of such unlawful activity, and citywide private carter truck enforcement.
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
- New York City Department of Sanitation
- List of law enforcement agencies in New York
- Law enforcement in New York City
References
External links
- CBS 2 NY NYC Sanitation Police On The Prowl
- CBS 2 NY Tracking Trash For Signs Of Something Sinister
- The Race To Decontaminate Ebola In NYC
- New York City Department of Sanitation site
- Police Sifting Beach For Medical Waste
- Hot Items for Thieves: Recyclables
- Finding the Scary in the Merely Messy; First Warning of Mass Threat May Come From Garbage Police
- KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF BUSINESSMAN ILLEGALLY OPERATING A DUMPING GROUND ON PUBLICLY OWNED LAND
- City Gets Tough On Land Grabber
- TURN IN DUMPERS FOR CASH City offers bounties up to 1OG Catch an illegal dumper in the act – and get half the fine the city wins
- DUMPERS PAY THRU THE NOSE
- DUMPERS TRASH BORO, POLS TOLD
- PEOPLE, & C., RESPONDENT, v. TYRONE POWELL, APPELLANT FOR 2nd Degree Murder for DUMPING DEAD GIRLFRIEND IN A BARREL IN A MANHATTAN LOT.
- NYC BUSINESS INTEGRITY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THE ARRESTS OF TWO FOR THE THEFT OF A COMPETITOR’S CONTAINER
- Stealing From The City Gets Your Vehicle Impounded
- Increased Fines For Theft of NYC Metal!
- Sanitation Police Online Video
