Yonkers Police Department
The Yonkers Police Department, officially named the City of Yonkers Police Department, is the primary law-enforcement agency in Yonkers, New York.Organization
The department has four precincts as well as a number of special units.Crime
Crime in Yonkers is below national levels. The homicide rate can be used as a proxy for overall crime.
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Homicides | 13 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Homicides | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Homicides | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
History
Before 1866, the city was patrolled by town constables. In July of that year, the people of the town voted to hire fourteen police officers from nearby New York City. In March 1871, the state government allowed the city to form its own police department. As formed, the department had twenty-two employees headed by a captain. It now has about six hundred police officers.Line of duty deaths
Seventeen local police officers have died in the line of duty.Notable cases
The department was critical in the 1977 arrest of the Son of Sam killer, David Berkowitz.
