New York City Police Department

==Public opinion==
[[File:Public Approval of NYPD since 1997.png|thumb|Public approval of the NYPD over time]]
The [[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute]] has been regularly measuring public opinion of the NYPD since 1997, when just under 50% of the public approved of the job the NYPD were doing. Approval peaked at 78% in 2002 following the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] terrorist [[September 11 attacks|attacks in September 2001]], and has ranged between 52 and 72% since.<ref name="qu15">{{cite web |title=QU Poll Release Detail |url=https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2226 |website=Quinnipiac University |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020051812/https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2226 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Approval varies by race/ethnicity, with black and Hispanic respondents consistently less likely to say they approve of the job the NYPD are doing than whites.<ref name="qu15" />

In 2017, the Quinnipiac poll found that New York City voters approve of the way NYPD, in general, does its job by a margin of 67-25%. Approval was 79-15 percent among white voters, 52-37 percent among black voters, and 73-24 percent among Hispanic voters. 86% of voters said crime is a serious problem, 71% said police brutality is a serious problem and 61% said police corruption is a serious problem.<ref name="qu17">{{cite web|last=|first=|title=QU Poll Release Detail|url=https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2419|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Quinnipiac University|language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606200440/https://poll.qu.edu/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2419|url-status=live}}</ref>

A 2020 poll commissioned by [[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]] reported that the public approve of the NYPD 53% to 40% against, again with strong racial differences: 59% of whites and Asians approved, as did 51% of Hispanics, whereas 51% of black residents disapproved.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last=Hendrix |first=Michael |date=2020-08-27|title=Taking the City's Temperature: What New Yorkers Say About Crime, the Cost of Living, Schools, and Reform|url=https://manhattan.institute/article/taking-the-citys-temperature-what-new-yorkers-say-about-crime-the-cost-of-living-schools-and-reform|access-date=22 July 2023|website=Manhattan Institute|language=en|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021032944/https://www.manhattan-institute.org/new-yorkers-views-crime-living-cost-schools|url-status=live}}</ref>