New York Police Budget

New York Police Budget

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss briefly the role of New York City Police and mainly it analyses the budget of NYPD. Further, expenses and cost cuts are also explored of the Police department. Some of the major financial issues are highlighted in this paper that needs to be addressed regarding New York Police Budget.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has the major responsibility to protect the lives and property of the residents living in the city. Further, there are many other duties of the police officers, such as to respond to emergency calls and take immediate action, to investigate the crimes that are reported, to make arrests of criminals and address the issues that are having negative effect on the quality of life in the region. Since the merger of Transit and Housing Police Dept. in to the New York City Police Department, it is responsible to conduct whole City policing, inclusive of public housing projects and subways. In addition to this, it is NYPD's responsibility to enforce traffic rules and regulations. Also since 1998, NYPD is responsible to provide security services in public school throughout the New York City.

Discussion

When we compare the well plan spending of New York City Police Department for the fiscal year 2011 adopted budget from the preliminary budget of fiscal year 2012, it can be reported that the preliminary budget has decreased by four-tenths of one percent or the total amount of 19.6 million US dollars. The main planned decrease has occurred in the department's city funds by the amount of 30.1 million US dollars, while its federal fund increased by the amount of 12.9 million US dollars. Further, having decrease in department's state and intra city funds of amount around 1.3 million US dollars and 229 thousand US dollars respectively (Vallone, 2011).

The New York City Police system area is retaining the great change in the current year of 2012 Preliminary Budget as compared to the adopted budget of past year 2011 is 'Chief of Department'. This may have started absorbing the bulk of the Department's planned decreased rates in Preliminary budget of current year 2012.

The Preliminary budget of year 2012 comprises of a PEG system that may minimize the budget of year 2012 by the total amount of 240.6 million US dollars, which is much less than the adopted appropriation in the year 2011. ...