Buffalo Police Department
Law enforcement agency serving the City of Buffalo, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Buffalo Police Department (BPD) is the second-largest city police force in the state of New York. In 2012, it had over nine hundred employees, including over seven hundred police officers.[2]
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Abbreviation | BPD |
Motto | Serving The Community |
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Formed | 1871; 153 years ago (1871) |
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Annual budget | US$ 131 million (2017–2018)[1] |
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Operations jurisdiction | Buffalo, New York, USA |
Size | 52.5 square miles (136 km2) |
Population | 260,000 |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Primary governing body | Mayor of Buffalo, New York |
Secondary governing body | Buffalo Common Council |
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Headquarters | 68 Court Street Buffalo, NY 14202 |
Police Officers | 729 (2019)[1] |
Unsworn members | 179 (2019) |
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Districts | 5
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The Buffalo Police are headquartered at the City of Buffalo Police and Fire Headquarters at the Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse Building on Court Street in Downtown Buffalo.
In 2020, the BPD was in the national spotlight after a video showed BPD officers shoving a 75-year old rioter to the ground, causing a skull injury and bleeding from his head while they walked past him prior to giving him treatment.[3][4][5]