NYPD Precinct Assignment

[WM40]

Does anyone know how difficult it is to get assigned to a precinct in Manhattan out of the academy? Does everyone just go to the high crime areas in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens? Also, I heard that once assigned somewhere you have to earn points to get a transfer and it usually takes at least a couple of years to build them up and then depending on needs it might still be hard to get where you want to be, is that true?

I grew up in NYC and I'm most interested in working in areas I'm familiar with. I would like to be in Manhattan, anywhere really, though below 96th Street would be most desirable, or Brooklyn in the 60th, 61st or 78th.

[gbotj]

it all depends on the needs of the department. Usually your sent to "A" houses (commands in NYC are rated A, B, C- A being the busiest, and C being the least active) Manhattan has A houses, and about 75% of rookies are put into impact posts which I think are mainly outside of manhattan.

[WM40]

Anyone know which are the "A" houses?

[Back to NYC]

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=76346

Interesting news for those of us hoping to go through Academy in January and out onto the streets in July...might not be any more Impact postings for rookies. I guess we'd just get sent to the houses that need officers the most.

[Khadafi310]

Interesting article, makes a lot of sense. Smh@ officers leaving everyday.

[NorwichGrad05]

About officers leaving...you learn a lot in the NYPD, but you gotta come in with a game plan from day ONE...I knew I wanted to do better, so I did my time and left..and I don't regret it one bit..I've been in Miami, FL as a cop now, and while I just started here, you can see the difference. Granted I have cops from all over the US, cops are happy here for the most part, they're not coming to work tired from their SECOND job, thinking about how they're gonna get their kids back to school supplies or pay their car note..you gotta want to do better for yourself, and can't get in the mindset that this job is the only place to hire you..

[WM40]

I know there are other cities where the quality of life would be better on a cop's salary, but there is something different about New York. It's a city where people walk, where cops do foot patrol. There is a history to the department, the city and the neigborhoods. It seems to me like you get closer to people on the job in New York. Maybe after a year of that I would get tired of it and be ready to move on, but that's the way I look at it now.

[jchughes05]

NYPD has its pros and cons, like any other agency. I looked into it, but was turned off by the fact I'd have to attend another academy and basically start all over again.