History of NYPD By Amandag823 May 7, 1844 New York State passes the Municipal Police Act (law that authorized creation of police force https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Municipal+police May 23, 1845 Mayor William Havemeyer adopted Municipial police act and created the NYPD https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-birth-of-the-nypd-1494613212 1895 Theodore Roosevelt became president of NYPD police commission https://www.loc.gov/item/2013650911/ 1911 Hired first black officer, Samuel Battle https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/battle-samuel-james-1883-1966/ 1918 First female deputy commissioner, Ellen O’Grady hired https://dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/314 1994 Mayor Dinkins pointed the Mollen commission to investigate corruption in NYPD https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mollen-Commission Sep 11, 2001 23 NYPD officers killed https://www.odmp.org/search/incident/september-11-terrorist-attack Jun 4, 2014 Largest gang bust in New York History made by NYPD https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-gangs-idUSKBN0EF1DQ20140604 Jul 17, 2014 Eric Garner killed by NYPD officer using an illegal chokehold https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eric-garner-dies-nypd-chokehold