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Article Needs to be Greatly Expanded[edit]

Shouldn't this article have much, much more content? While it is unlikely that all of the major incidents in the history of New York City's Police Department can be covered here, there should at least be reference to most of the major incidents, which this article clearly does not even broach. In general, most of the New York City articles, do not include comprehensive information for some unbeknownst reason. Even mention of New York City's near bankruptcy in the 1970's is excluded from nearly all, if not all articles. But the lack of information here, is alarming. If anyone can do further research on it, I am sure that they will feel handsomely rewarded by what they uncover... Stevenmitchell (talk) 19:55, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, strongly. No mention of anything in the 21st century section about anything past 9-11? How about stop and frisk, Occupy Wall Street, or Adrian Schoolcraft? This stuff seems pretty relevant to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.249.56.69 (talk) 17:34, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the illegal 1971 police strike not mentioned? Paul, in Saudi (talk) 09:35, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]