POLICE   DEPARTMENT:
 

REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1887,
 

Police Department of the City of New York, )
No. 300 Mulberry Street.                       j

Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor, City of New York:

Sir—The Board of Police of the Police Department of the City of
New York hereby respectfully submits a report of the operations and
transactions of the Department and force, for the year ending December
31, 1887.

A careful perusal of the report will show the constantly increasing
labor of the force in almost every detail, as well as the importance of con¬
tributing in every possible way to maintain its present high standing
of excellence. It is to be regretted that annual reports were not made
from 1873 to 1884, inclusive, inasmuch as we are frequently applied to
for statistics covering those years, and for the reason that we cannot readily
give comparative statements and tables which would serve to prove the
increased labor above referred to. Some figures for the year 1880 will
be given as a basis for comparison.

the police force.
The comparative strength of the Police Force, in its several grades, at
the close of the years 1880, 1885, 1886 and 1887, was as follows:
 

Superintendent.....

Inspectors..........

Surgeons...........

Captains...........

Sergeants..........,

Detective Sergeants.

Roundsmen.........

Patrolmen..........

Doormen...........

Totals,