Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department

Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department
Common name	Roosevelt Island Public Safety
Abbreviation	RIPSD
Patch of the Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department
Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of New York, USA
Map of Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department's jurisdiction.
Legal jurisdiction	New York State
General nature	Law enforcement Local 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	40
Parent agency	Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
Website
Official website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department (RIPSD), is a law enforcement agency in New York City that provide safety and security service to residents of Roosevelt Island, and the Manhattan and Roosevelt Islands stations of the Roosevelt Island Tramway, because of the contract that the State of New York made with New York City in 1968 which gave New York State a 99-year lease on the land.

The department is Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation's law enforcement arm and protects the island's property including all facilities, storefronts and patrols certain contracted residential buildings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the New York City Police Department is responsible for providing policing service on Roosevelt island. Roosevelt island Public Safety officer's enforce state and city laws on the island. The department has approximately 40 Public Safety officers. They patrol an area which is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) in length (north to south) and 800 feet (240 m) at its largest width, which is East to West. On September 21, 2009, the department opened their new command center located at 550 Main Street. The Main command center monitors 24-hour island-wide camera system and every vehicle that comes onto Roosevelt Island. As well as cameras on the Manhattan side of the tram, along the route and inside the tram cars. Also Public Safety officers monitor cameras in the Roosevelt Landings housing Complex. The department released a recruitment video under the power of former Chief Guerra.

Roosevelt Island Public Safety Officers are not authorized to carry firearms as per NYS CPL. Roosevelt Island Public Safety Officers wear dark blue uniforms with patches on the front and back as well as the Roosevelt Island Department of Public Safety patches on their arms.bullet resistant vest, a can of pepper spray, expandable PR-24 baton, flashlight and a digital radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher and other Public Safety officers. The department uses marked vehicles. The department also has an Anti Crime Unit with officers in plain clothes, Bike Patrol officers. All officers are trained in basic life support.