Headquarters: One Police Plaza, New York, NY 10038
Phone: (646) 610-5000
Business: The NYPD patrols the five boroughs of New York City. It is the nation's largest police force, with 40,000 sworn members
Top Technology Executive: Deputy Chief John Gilmartin, commanding officer of the Office of Technology and Systems Development
Financials: $3.8 billion (FY 2002 budget)
Challenge: Overhaul the department's computer and communications systems to improve information collection, analysis and dissemination. Increase collaboration inside the department and with other law enforcement agencies in order to reduce crime and prevent terrorist attacks
Baseline Goals:
Consistently reduce the incidence of major crimes in the city, which declined 60% between 1994 and 2001
Prevent terrorist activity, which killed almost 3,000 citizens and emergency personnel, and destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 2001
Improve data analysis and information sharing, by boosting expenditure on computers and communications to $92 million in fiscal 2002, from $9 million in 2001
Outfit all 4,300 patrol vehicles with laptops for computer-aided dispatch and real-time data collection
Develop project management skills
