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Wikipedia: New York City Police Department

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The English-language Wikipedia article on New York City Police Department. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Citation
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
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Wikipedia: New York City Police Department
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Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States.
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Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminal Justice Institutions, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Criminology Theories and Schools, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

11

Criminal Justice Institutions

Holds

2

Criminal Justice Institutions

Criminology Theories and Schools

Connected

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

General References

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

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