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Notionworthy: First black officer, jewish officers, female officers, at NYPD. blabla

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& paddies ? Not a word. What is that, woked as can be. (why do we not learn about the - traditional - over representance, one might say, of irish-american-cops in the Department. There were literally cop-generations of irish descent. Known fact. Even banal statements of that kind should be worth mentioning to give a half-way realistic picture. In a short overview. --2001:A61:5DD:D01:F1CB:DDCB:19EC:4D5 (talk) 17:54, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Translation of motto "Fidelis ad Mortem"

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The Department itself has used the translation "Faithful Unto Death." While use of the suggestive and disturbing alternative "Faithful to Death" might coincide with many views about this institution, an accurate reference should probably provide the translation of an actively used motto that better reflects the translated text and that has, in fact, been favored by the motto's user.

Although Google translate may not agree, a student of Latin will know that "faithful to death" would appear as "mortem fidelis"--no conjunction would be necessary, the case endings making the relation between death and faith clear, and the word order accentuating it. "Fidelis ad mortem," by contrast, is a combination in which "fidelis" -- "(the) faithful"--is altered by the independently appearing phrase "ad mortem." "Mortem" is already the accusative case of this noun, encompassing the "to" relation. The appearance of "ad" makes an English construction like "unto," "until," "up to," or "even to" necessary. "Unto" seems the most traditional and minimal.


From a quick search, for example, the 'Unto' translation was used by a 2022 local news article (https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nypd-in-mourning-what-we-know-about-fallen-officers-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/3509944) and in a 2019 tweet by the account of the Chief of Department. https://twitter.com/NYPDChiefOfDept/status/1178355377815117825. Sambarasch (talk) 17:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 October 2024

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Arnav Bhate (talkcontribs) 05:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


New York City Police DepartmentNew York Police Department – While both names are commonly used, I believe the official name is the better use case. Interstellarity (talk) 18:07, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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New Commissioner

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Can someone please update the commissioner to Jessica Tisch? I only know how to use the talk page and don't want to screw up the article. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/jessica-tisch-appointed-as-new-nypd-commissioner/ GamerKlim9716 (talk) 18:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]