- New York City Department of Sanitation Police
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New York City Department of Sanitation Police Common name New York City Sanitation Police Department Abbreviation NYSPD or DSNYPD 
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 Police 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 City General nature Operational structure Headquarters Brooklyn, NY Sanitation Police Officers Approx. 130 (2009) Commissioner responsible John J. Doherty Agency executive Todd Kuznitz, 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 (colloquially, "Sanitation Police" or "San Cop") is the law enforcement arm of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). It primarily enforces the city's sanitation and recycling laws, but enforces all other laws and regulations as well including vehicle and criminal laws.
Numbering approximately 130 officers, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, inspectors and chiefs, the DSNY Police force is made up of sanitation personnel who are specially chosen from a list of volunteers to undertake specialized law enforcement duties. After undergoing eight weeks of intense specialized training, officers become New York State peace officers, which allows them to carry and use firearms, handcuffs, pepper spray, and batons, make arrests, issue summonses, use physical and deadly force, and undertake investigative responsibilities.
Once officers complete the eight week training course, they then undergo 400 hours of on the job field training as a Sanitation Police officer trainee with an experienced Sanitation Police officer before being issued assignments. Once they become full Sanitation Police officers, they continue yearly training to keep up with current laws and procedures and to requalify on all previous qualifications. The Sanitation Police force uses marked and unmarked police cars.[1] Except for a distinctive shoulder patch, uniformed sanitation officers are armed and equipped almost identically to their NYPD counterparts.
Patrolling both in uniform and in plainclothes, Sanitation Police officers' responsibilities range from ticketing residents for mixing recyclable and non-recyclable trash to investigating the illegal dumping of garbage, commercial and toxic waste. In 1996, Sanitation Police 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 Sanitation Police officers for unlawful disposal of a toxic substance.[2]
While focusing on their normal duties, Sanitation Police officers are expected and required to remain alert for conventional criminal activity and take appropriate action. Over the years, Sanitation Police officers have responded to domestic disputes, shootings and stabbings.
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- On March 15, 1994 two NYC Sanitation Police Officers came to aid and were first on the scene to a call of officer shot. NYPD Police Officer Sean McDonald 26 (May he Rest in Peace) was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two suspects for the robbery of a clothing store in the confines of the 44 pct. in the Bronx. The Sanitation police officers desperately tried to save his life performing CPR. The suspects were arrested two days later by detectives.
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Divisions
There are many divisions of Sanitation Police officers with each division handling different law enforcement functions:
- The Citywide Illegal Dumping Task Force headed by Police Inspector Robert D'Angelo.
- The Environmental Police Unit - Assigned to the enforcement of the illegal transportation, removal, and disposal of asbestos, 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 Police officers are also assigned to the New York City Business Integrity Commission and the New York City Office of Emergency Management.[3][4]
See also
- New York City Department of Sanitation
- List of law enforcement agencies in New York
- Law enforcement in New York City
References
A NYC Sanitation Police RMP. External links
- New York City Department of Sanitation site
- Spies in the Battle for the Environment
- SANITATION POLICE FORMED BY CAREY
- For 'Recycling Cops,' Dragnets Turn Up Bottles and Cans
- 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
- 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
- Vehicles of Dumpers Impounded by Police
- 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.
- Brazen Vodka Carrying Suspect Arrested By NYC Sanitation Police
- NYC Environmental Police Haz-Mat Unit investigation with the F.B.I. which leads to arrest of an unlicensed medical practitioner in the Bronx
Categories:- Law enforcement agencies of New York
- Law enforcement agencies of New York City
- Specialist police departments of New York
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