1968: NYPD

NYC CRIME STATISTICS

1968 2015

Population 18,113,000 19,795,791

Property Crime 730,938 317,529

Murder 1,185 609

Forcible Rape 2,527 4,389

Robbery 59,857 23,936

Aggravated Assault 34,946 44,546

Burglary 250,918 44,276

Petty Theft 375,143 257,940

Vehicle Theft 104,877 15,313

REAL FIGURES

Person Position Years of Service

Emil A. Ciccotelli Commander 1954–1992

Deputy Chief and Chief of Detectives involved in the prosecution of the five major organized crime families in New York City in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Bill Clark Detective 1969–1994

Later became an award-winning television writer and producer best known for his work on NYPD Blue and other police dramas.

Ed Dee Lieutenant 1961–1981

Later became a novelist.

Ed Deacy Detective ?–1989

One-time "official national anthem singer" for the New York City Police Department.

Eddie Egan Detective 1952–1972

He and fellow NYPD detective Sonny Grosso broke up an organized crime ring in 1961, seizing 112 pounds of heroin, later covered in the book and film The French Connection.

Louis Eppolito & Stephen Caracappa Detective(s) 1969–1990;1969–1992 Associate members of the Gambino crime family who infiltrated the NYCPD and carried out mob hits for the New York City underworld during the 1980s and 1990s.

Nicholas Estavillo Chief of Patrol 1968–2007

First Puerto Rican chief of patrol of the New York City Police Department.

Sanford Garelik Chief inspector 1940–1979

First Jewish chief inspector of the New York City Police Department.

Sonny Grosso Detective 1951–1976

He and partner Eddie Egan broke up an organized crime ring in 1961, seizing 112 pounds of heroin, later covered in the book and film The French Connection.

Fred Heineman Deputy chief 1955–1979

Later became a U.S. Congressman in North Carolina.

Robert Leuci Detective 1961–1981

Known for his work exposing corruption in the New York City police department and the criminal justice system.

Barney Martin Detective -

Later became a film and television actor best known for his role as Morty Seinfeld in the television series Seinfeld.

Arthur J. Nascarella - 1944–?

Later became a film and television actor best known for his role as Capo Carlo Gervasi in the television series The Sopranos.

John F. O'Donohue Lieutenant 1968-1988

Later became a film and television actor best known for his role as Sgt. Eddie Gibson in the television series NYPD Blue.

Seymour Pine Deputy Inspector 1941–1976

Led the police raid on the Stonewall Inn which sparked the Stonewall riots.

Lloyd Sealy Police Commander 1942–1969

First African American police commander of the New York City Police Department.

Albert Seedman Chief Detective 1941–1972

First and so far only Jewish chief of detectives

Frank Serpico Detective 1959–1972

Undercover police officer who testified against police corruption in 1971, and whose life was made into a movie and book.

Richard X. Slatter - 1948–1960

Later became a film and television actor best known for his role as Sgt. John McKenna in The Gallant Men, Captain John Morton in Mister Roberts, and Captain "Buck" Buckner in C.P.O. Sharkey.

Robert Volpe Detective 1963–1983

The first and only member of the NYCPD's bureau for art crime, the only bureau of its kind in the country.

Leonard Ernest Weir AKA Humza Al-Hafeez 1959–1976

First Black Muslim NYCPD officer whose rise to prominence came in the late 1950s when he founded and served as President of the National Society of Afro-American Policemen. Later became a writer and American social activist.

*Police Commissioner from 1966-1970: Howard R. Leary

*NYC Mayor John V. Lindsay

A NYPD Patrolman in 1968

Graduating NYPD Academy of 1968

Albert Seedman, the first and only Jewish Chief of Detectives for the NYPD