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NYPD BATTLES CRIME
"We're not patrol, we're not the squad (detectives), and we're not the narcs -we're the police. We're generalists; we're not just specialists," Dunne
declares. "If you're a cop and you work for me and you're available, you are now a resource, and we will deploy you in a manner that suits our needs." (Chief of Department Joseph Dunne, NYPD)
Eli B. Silverman, NYPD Battles Crime, Innovative Stategies in Policing, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1999, Chapter 7, P. 170
"In an age when societal forces seem inexorable and
overwhelming and the collective action of professionals often seems inconsequential, the NYPD has by most accounts made an enormous contribution to the city's well-being.
Reflected in the city's polished image is its newest commodity, policing strategies that transform the way organizations gather and use information. This revolution in "blue" may resonate for decades as a profound contribution from the city that has no bounds. Today, the sun rising above the World Trade Center could well be emblematic of a city experiencing a renaissance, the New York of the twenty-first century."
Silverman, page 204
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