Talk:New York State Police

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the New York State Police article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

New York (state) High‑importance

	New York (state) portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York (state), a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of New York on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York (state)Wikipedia:WikiProject New York (state)Template:WikiProject New York (state)New York (state) articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Law Enforcement B‑class

	Law portal This article is within the scope of the WikiProject Law Enforcement. Please Join, Create, and Assess.Law EnforcementWikipedia:WikiProject Law EnforcementTemplate:WikiProject Law EnforcementLaw enforcement articles
B	This article has been given a rating which conflicts with the project-independent quality rating in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

Untitled

Although there has been additional headgear available, NY Troopers have always wore stetsons, and the purple refers to the purple highlights worn on the uniform of the Praetorian Guard. --Biggfishny 13:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Had this section pointed out to me via a link on reddit. Where are you sourcing that the purple worn by NYSP refers to the Praetorian Guard? Just because it's purple doesn't make the link, any more than they're symbolic of their links to Barney the Dinosaur. ~ Brother William (talk) 23:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

This was an interesting addition of information on the demographic breakdown of the NYSP; which was removed promptly...however couldn't it be worked into the general body of the article?

Male: 92%
Female: 8%

White: 83%
African-American/Black: 10%
Hispanic: 7%^[1]

cprockhill 15:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it should be, with updated numbers fully cited to a reliable source. The article is heavy on guns and equipment, but says little about the make-up of the force and how it has changed with the admission of women and minorities. Also little about training and efforts to teach people how not to use deadly force. There should probably also be discussion of the State Troopers relation to police forces on Native American reservations in the state - limits of jurisdictions. Parkwells (talk) 15:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers

Fair use rationale for Image:Nysp magnet logo.jpg

Image:Nysp magnet logo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 09:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

9/11?

Would somebody care to add information about how the state police helped in the response on 09/11/2001? 69.140.152.55 (talk) 07:29, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although there is a State Police "Troop NYC" they do not handle any patrol duties. It's mostly staffed by troopers from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the governor's security detail (the governor has an office in Manhattan and most governor's actually spend most of their time in New York City), along with a few troopers assigned to the recruiting unit. Most of it's personnel are plainclothes. 24.46.236.67 (talk) 17:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two weeks later I met one in his trooper uniform, standing guard at the Holland tunnel pedestrian causeway, happy to be sleeping back home in Staten Island for a while. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Number of employees

The number of employees is listed as "5600+" along with a reference link to the NYSP Recruitment site. However the site lists the police force of having "1000+" non sworn employees. The employees number should only count the number of non sworn employess, and should not count the number of troopers too, as the number of troopers is listed in the Operational Structure section. --MOOOOOPS 06:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

reality

Google trooper toaster to find out about the way these guys work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.119.212.136 (talk) 07:07, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

article improvement

This article is full of tables and statistics, but it lacks depth when it comes to legal powers, controversies, history, notable cases, or pretty much anything else of substance. I can find out what kind of helicopters troopers get on the official page, but this article could bring in a lot more third-party sources that reflect the breadth of this topic. I'm not particuarly versed enough to find these sources, but I think it's worthwhile even to start the conversation.~T P W 18:53, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers

[1]