Co-op City Department of Public Safety

Co-op City Department of Public Safety
Common name	Co-op City Public Safety Co-op City Police
Abbreviation	CCPD
Patch of the Co-op City Department of Public Safety
Agency overview
Employees	110+
Legal personality	Non government: Housing co-operative
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of New York in the state of New York, USA
Map of Co-op City Department of Public Safety's jurisdiction.
Size	15 sq.mi.(39 km²)
Population	60,000
Legal jurisdiction	New York City
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and precincts of the institution.
Operational structure
Public Safety Officers	100+
Clerical Staff Dispatchers	3 7
Agency executive	Frank Apollo, Chief
Units	List Patrol Unit Emergency Services Unit Bicycle Patrol Detective Squad Gang Intelligence Unit Community Affairs Community Policing Training Unit Investigations Unit
Website
Official Site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Co-op City Public Safety

The Co-op City Department of Public Safety (CCPD) is a private police force in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, whose duties are to protect the property and citizens of Co-op City, and to enforce state and city laws on Co-op City property. The Co-op City Department of Public Safety currently employs more than 100 Public Safety officers and 10 civilian employees.

Co-op City management created the Co-op City Department of Public Safety to protect the property and citizens of Co-op City. Co-op City is the largest housing development in the world, with approximately 60,000 residents, 35 high rise buildings, 3 shopping centers, 240 duplex townhouses, 2 school complexes, and 8 parking garages over a 15-square-mile (39 km²) area.

Co-op City Department of Public Safety has the following units:

Public Safety Recruits must pass a training course which includes all necessary training required by New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) for training as a Peace Officer. In addition, recruits go through training in physical control of a subject, the use and effects of pepper spray, and firearms training. In 2008, the department started giving Public Safety officers training in Segways after the department deployed 3 Segways for patrol.

Public Safety Officers are equipped with a firearm, can of pepper spray, baton, handcuffs, flashlight, and police radio.

Public Safety Officers have Special Patrolmen status authorized by the city and state. With Special Patrolmen status, officers have peace officer powers while on duty. With peace officer powers, officers can make warrant less arrests, carry and use handcuffs, and use physical and deadly force. In 2008, the city of New York granted Co-op City Public Safety officers the authority to issue parking summonses to illegally parked vehicles on Co-op City property.