Buffalo Police Department

Buffalo Police Department
Buffalo Police Department
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Abbreviation	BPD
Motto	Serving The Community
Agency overview
Formed	1871
Preceding agency	Niagara Frontier Police District c. 1866;
Annual budget	US$ 131 million (2017–2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Buffalo, New York, USA
Size	52.5 square miles (136 km2)
Population	260,000
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Primary governing body	Mayor of Buffalo, New York
Secondary governing body	Buffalo Common Council
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	68 Court Street; Buffalo, NY 14202
Police Officers	708 (2017-18)
Unsworn members	~200
Agency executive	Joseph A. Gramaglia, Commissioner;
Facilities
Districts	5 A-District (South Buffalo); B-District (Downtown); C-District (East Side); D-District (Riverside); E-District (University Heights);
Website
	www.bpdny.org

The Buffalo Police Department (BPD) is the second-largest city police force in the state of New York. In 2012, it had over nine hundred employees, including over seven hundred police officers.

The Buffalo Police are headquartered at the City of Buffalo Police and Fire Headquarters at the Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse Building on Court Street in Downtown Buffalo.

In 2020, the BPD was in the national spotlight after a video showed BPD officers shoving a 75-year old rioter to the ground, causing a skull injury and bleeding from his head while they walked past him prior to giving him treatment.

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