New York Police Department

The New York Police Department is the current acting branch of law enforcement in the New York City area. It is made up of a Patrol Branch, Traffic Enforcement Division, Emergency Service Unit that works in co-operation with the Criminal Investigation Division. Together, they ensure that the law is upheld and enforced throughout the city.

Chain of Command
Chance Chandler is the current Chief of Police whilst Jack Simmons, Josh Shepard and Phillis Smith are the Assistant Chiefs of Police.

Highway Patrol's Traffic Enforcement Division
The Highway Patrol's Traffic Enforcement Division (Formerly known as Traffic Enforcement Division) is a sub-division working under the New York Police Department. TED's main focus is pursuits and traffic related incidents, other responsibilities include assisting Emergency Service Unit and the Criminal Investigation Division in Search Warrants and other Operations. TED Agents undergo extensive training including pursuits and tactics.

Emergency Service Unit
Due to an increase in armed criminals and aggressive behaviour to law enforcement. A solution was required to heavily counteract criminals outgunning and outmaneuvering law enforcement patrols and officers. The Emergency Service Unit (previously named Emergency Response Unit) is a sub-division designed to deal with high-pressure and high-risk situations.

When cities reach a stage of chaos that cannot be contained by law enforcement. The Strategic Response Group is deployed to the borough in question to bring it under control. Whether it be from the appearance of masked officers wielding heavy rifles alongside their blacked out vehicles or merely the amount of force brought by this deployed group. It has shown severe drops in crime when deployed, showing it's effectiveness not only in following arrests but hospital check-in numbers skyrocketing after an SRG deployment.

Criminal Investigation Division
When criminal organisations learn to outsmart the basic patrol officers and understand how to circumvent law. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) was formed to build cases against well founded criminal groups. The Division utilises various tactics such as undercover officers, Sting operations, information gathering, search warrant raids and other law enforcement techniques to gather evidence and information that leads to arrests of individuals and groups.

There has been many controversies regarding the department however without the case building by detectives and cooperation between divisions. The streets may likely be much more harder to make a dent in when it comes to organised crime.

The 9's
After increasing amounts of crime centered around cop killings and use of heavy automatic weaponry. The Department of Justice had implemented a system that involved court trial to keep incarcerated criminals in for longer periods of time to reduce the likelihood of repeating certain felonies. When an individual is arrested and held until trial. The term was coined by officers and criminals as "The 9's" for individuals sent to jail awaiting trial. There is a very intricate system detailing how an individual receives the 9's but typically it is only used to combat hardcore crime and problematic roleplayers.