NYPD Cop Life in the 1970's vs 80's vs 90's vs Today | Experts By Decade | Daily Mail
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- What it was like to be an NYPD cop over last 50 years | Experts By Decade | Daily Mail
The NYPD has changed a lot in half a century. Welcome to Experts By Decade, where we interview multiple people that worked in the same field over different decades to see how their profession has changed over time. In this first episode, we meet three members of the New York City Police Department that share a collective history from 1969 to 2023. We hear about the changing of the uniforms, guns, cars, and get a front-row seat to some of the most dramatic moments in NYPD history.
0:00 Meet the NYPD cops 1969 - 2023
0:40 NYPD cars
4:08 NYPD guns
5:57 NYPD uniforms
9:23 NYPD salaries
9:54 Why did the cops join the NYPD?
10:34 NYPD assignments
12:07 1970’s biggest crimes
13:40 NYPD on 9/11
15:37 What happened to crime rates on 9/11?
17:00 2020’s biggest event: George Floyd protests
19:29 Perception of Police
20:30 NYPD today
21:47 Did the NYPD cops love their jobs?
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You guys should do LAPD, would love to see that.
Can you do Boston PD?
I love it people need to talk again
Do one on FDNY next!!
Do Chicago PD
“Did you ever pull your gun?”
80s-90s cop: “Every day.”
2000,s NEVERl says alot.
Thank u Reagan!!!!
@@DMWBN35:29 The guy literally said that he didn't shoot anybody even when they had a gun pointed at him. "If they didn't shoot, i didn't shoot." I don't know what you're talking about referring to cops today not pulling their weapons, cops today are quick as hell to pull their guns to shoot people who are unarmed.
5:29 The guy literally said that he didn't shoot anybody even when they had a gun pointed at him. "If they didn't shoot, i didn't shoot." Cops today are quick as hell to pull their guns to shoot people who are unarmed. Seems like his era of cops had more self-restraint compared to cops today.
@@DMWBN3 that was just crazy.
Would be cool to see how the LAPD has changed over the years as well
Weren't the Valley police stations just getting staffed when the oldest guy here was hired?
What an interesting change over the years.
Just watch HEAT
@@michaelfromaustin while reading Joseph Wambaugh
They still target and profile Mexicans. Nothing has changed.
Can see some of that in this.
During 9/11 we were all Americans even the criminals understood to stand down for a week or so
Most of the criminals ended up wearing green and going to play in the sandbox.
A strange time.
Acts of war hit differently
It may be on the map but new york ain't America bro...
@@FDSixtyNinebruh
@@fakename1253this comment makes me rethink my faith in humanity if I even had any
I bet the first 2 cops from the the 70's till the 90's have a lot of stories to tell what a time to be a cop in NY
I'd love to hear those stories
Dirty crooked cols back in the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s damn including the 90’s
@@tbeautifulmelodies9820nothing has changed
It was still bad in the 2000's she just had cushy positions. You could say up until 2015-16 around there NYC got pretty safe with Bloomberg making it really expensive to live there. Now its filled with brats who get offended or become insecure for just about everything.
My dad was a cop in Seattle in 90s. They would arrest prostitutes. Get blowies. Then let them go. 😮
Man, the 60's cop cracks me up😂, "we didn't call em demostic terrorism, they we're 'political disturbances'"😂 and the other stuff he said earlier. Damn dude, he's been through it
The 60's police officer was so laxed. Great guy, whatta dude
@@ShaneFlett He's probably one those old time beat cops who broke up a street corner dice game and pocketed the money and told those kids to GTFOH without arresting them and giving them a record. 🤣
@@ColtanFree dam kids, get outta here!
The police woman describing the rumbler 😂
first guy started with 13k in 1971, thats over 100k today. second guy started with 35k in 1986 which is also around 100k today. the woman started with 34k in 2003 which is under 60k today.
Every job has been falling to inflation
I started with $25,977 in 1993.
@@kbm-zw5jd at nypd? thats $57,232 today
Starting salary is bad, but after 5.5 years? an nypd officer makes over 130,000. That doesn't even include overtime
37K Southern California agency in 1997
“When you had the sirens on, did people get out of the way for you? “
“Never” 2:44 😂😂
The Glocks had bad trigger pull’s because NYC wanted it that way. They normally don’t.
I’m 60, retire from a Michigan department, working armed security at a hospital ER. I still have the crease in my sleeves, spit shined boot and the old school mustache 😅
I was LAPD in the 90’s. The NYPD sent a delegation of their command staff to LA to check out our LAPD blue uniforms. At that time, the color, badges etc were trademarked by the city of Los Angeles. NYPD saw the blue uniforms and made the change in the 90’s after seeing our uniforms.
Sergeant Gillis was my sergeant for a short time in the 77 precinct before he went back to ESU. Excellent man, for sure. RIP, Sarge.
In 1969, my 7 year old brother got lost at the Rambles in Central Park. My dad and I looked all over. We found him with an NYPD officer, who offered him ice cream while they waited. It’s the small things they do that make a big difference.
We need FDNY version
both agencies are govt terrorists
I find it hard to believe that the female cop in 20 years of service - in NYC of all places - never pulled her gun
Some assignments line up and you get that
Yeah really……. She had a few lucky Saturdays and probably spent no time on the street
Chicks these days are either drivers or do administrative gigs on the force.
Thought the same wow
She probably just patrolled a tourist area
I know some refer to it as the greatest show on earth, and then I say that some of us even had a backstage pass. NYPD 1983-2003 !
Thank you for your service Officer.
Yeah... a ship show, only believe half of what you hear and a quarter of what you see.
...and you're not even mentioning the female "groupies" who loved cops!
@@usernamemykel some things are left unsaid. 🤐
@@user-ri8ir5zb1c But never forgotten.
as someone who is wanting to go into the job seeing this just helps. getting different views from 3 different generations of cops helps. wanna thank everyone of them for there service.
I was born and raised in the South Bronx. After 3 years in the Marine Corps, I entered the NYC Police Dept. in 1974. Served a couple of years in Manhattan then the rest in the Bronx. And I lived in the Bronx my entire time on the job. Retired in 1994.
I own a legit NYPD 115 Pcnt DT SAP 2008 Ford Crown Vic. I bought it for 3k at 64k miles last august when i got rid of my old 06 SEL taurus and the Vic besides its plastic intake issue and other common issues? Its the best thing you can keep running for YEARS!!!! I plan to keep it forever.
That sounds absolutely fantastic, a childhood dream of mine! Great to hear you're keeping it long term, I hope it gives you many great memories 😄🙏
Very cool to see all the minor details like the smell of the car and the rumbling. Lots of details you wouldn't get from anywhere else. Great interviews
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can’t speak for the PD side but as for the FD aspect, immediately after 9/11, Long Island depts covered much of Brooklyn and Queens for many weeks and would handle the calls. I’d presume the Bronx had Westchester depts and Manhattan maybe had NJ depts I’m not sure. The same depts also sent units to the scene to help with rescues/cleanup.
3:43 why the crown vic without the hubcaps is such an iconic look plus generally looks better
Thank you so much for posting that video. I served from 1982 at the age of 20 through 2002, retiring as a Lieutenant in Narcotics.
So many memories and shared experiences I remembered with at least two of the three Lieutenants interviewed. My Detectives used to brag about having an LT that had to constantly clean ear wax off the front sight of his duty pistol. I took that as a badge of pride.
The RMP modifications, the uniform memories, 9/11 stories all resonated deeply within me.
I will say this, I wore the light blue, dark blue, and white uniform shirts. Every single day I wore a newly cleaned and pressed shirt, and usually fresh trousers as well.
There was only one exception and that was 9/11. Spent three days in the same uniform and pants, and put them away in plastic when I finally got to take them off. There were people embedded in those clothes, and I never forgot that.
I wish they bring back the 90s Blue & White livery. Very iconic and high visibility, like people would know it's a police vehicle the second they saw it just like the regular black & white that sticks out the rest of the vehicle on the street.
I read elsewhere that it was a cost cutting move because it was cheaper to just sticker up a plain white vehicle than respray blue?
The city went to white vehicles because the light blue color was a custom job and the city was charged $700 per rmp.
Personally, I think all police cars should be black and white.
Utterly shocking that the starting salary for a new officer was (still is?) terrible.
honestly with inflation I think the money the first two made was better...
Specially in nyc
@FDNY101202 imagine property prices back then
Starting salary is bad, but after 5.5 years? an nypd officer makes over 130,000. That doesn't even include overtime
My pop actually worked the foster and Laurie case. That’s how my dad became a detective
The police woman racking the slide *before* pulling the mag out. Yikes!
Why, she seemed to know what’s she’s doing
@@MrJimheeren because you should always remove the magazine before racking it. Racking it before removing the magazine just means you're going to feed another round into the chamber, which is not what you're trying to do if you're supposed to be unloading it. And if there's already a round chambered, that round will eject and another round will be chambered, making just another step for yourself.
Yea times have changed a lot. Thanks to every police officer who still does this job these days.
this was so cool, my fathers like a old and new cop combined(1989-2014)
1:09 Ford Grand Marquis/ Victoria Crown cars take me back growing up in the 2000s and early 2010s
Got to love those old school cops.
I grew up on 30th street next to the 72nd precinct where Lt Cuneo was in. 70s-80s. Accross the street was a Dunkin Donuts! It later became white castle. They were nice to kids and let us see the new 1983 furys when they came in and were lined on the sidewalk.
😂😂😂 Oh yeah, that white castle and the On the Run up the road saved those who worked midnights.
Awesome video about true stories from the real hero's who experienced it first hand. Would love to see more. Thank to the NYPD and all first responders who put their lives on the line everyday to make us safe and also have to deal with the crappy DA's who let the criminals out with low or no bail.
As a South African I always love the New Yorker accents it's seems confident and has a certain power to it!!🎉
I love the Afrikaans’ accent
Great piece!! I throughly enjoyed it. The NYPD is the best police job in the world.
Also one of the most corrupt police depts. int he US but oh well
One minor correction: The NYPD officially switched over to the dark blue shirts on October 1st, 1995. I remember walking into the station house near the end of the 3rd platoon shift on September 30th, 1995, wearing the light blue shirt for the last time ever and seeing the 1st platoon finishing up roll call wearing the dark blue shirts. It was definitely a strange sight to see that first time. As I recall, most of us welcomed the change from light blue to dark blue; the main issue at first was finding a halfway decent quality shirt since there were so many of us obtaining these new shirts at the same time. One important and historic change that I wish was mentioned was the merger of the NYC Transit Police and NYC Housing Authority Police Departments with the NYPD. Both of these mergers took place in 1995, starting with Transit PD on April 2nd, 1995. Housing PD followed a month later, on May 1st.
I really loved this for two reasons. First, I’m fascinated with the details and personalities because I’ve never been a police officer, but we all (or almost all) have worked with the “messy guy,” the “gossiper,” etc. That’s a human experience of work. And I love that that’s so near-universal. I also love it because it portrayed (and granted, this is my opinion) police in the light in which they are: a group of people, with flaws, on a bell curve, some better than others, but by and large doing their best and some days, like 9/11, doing the extraordinary. I thank you all who served, and I salute you.
Sgt RODNEY GILLIS Was my NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR..BROWNSVILLE...I LOVED THIS GUY...MY HEART STILL BROKEN
I’m a New Yorker born and raised still live here will never leave
Have nothing but respect for the cops .. BACK THE BLUE!!
@DCNY22 . You want to see what NYPD is really like see the movie SERPICO . IT BASED ON REAL LIFE. Then you all can stick your praise for the NYPD up were the sun don't shine.
@@cya4555wow a story from 50 years ago, the world must be the same today as a century ago. rotten brain logic, go touch grass for once instead of living your life on the web.
@@cya4555 not every nypd officer is like that you just want to hate on police
How old are you? Cause i thought the same thing until i realized ny aint what it used to be
Great video! Policing is such difficult profession because if you haven't done it, its hard to truly explain or describe to others how complex it is both dealing with the general public and the internal politics of the organization. I'm amazed permission was granted for this video, especially after the ESU Lt. says he would NOT recommend the profession, in the current climate, to those who might be interested. Interviews of recently retired officers would give a much different perspective because they wouldn't be afraid of retaliation for speaking the truth about the NYPD in general.
The two officers that were ambushed were dispatched on what turned out to be a false call. There was a book written about it titled 'Badge of the Assassin'.
Great piece, but I'd love a full 20 minute feature in each of these topics. They all stand alone as pretty interesting.
Great video series! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for more!
Would love to see a video like this for different departments in every state
I feel bad for the 2000's cop she never actually lived NYPD..she is very well spoken though .because the education requirements increased ...I didn't need any college...2000 I think they needed college. I served from 94-2014.. although I truly believe being a cop in my era was much much more dangerous than the latter ..but I wouldn't of did well with cameras and the political nonsense..I enjoyed the video ..not one to go down memory lane..especially the crack era and 911. ..I'm glad all 3 of these brothers and sisters made it out safe
Get a life
@@KING17626? I actually have an awesome life ..thanks for noticing
@@VinnySuccessJesusfam tell ur wife how Slow u are i dont even know what job u work as LMAO
What's funny is I know a Toronto copper who's served for over 50 years and has yet to retire! This one sergeant can speak to policing Canada's largest city over the same timespan.
This is such a great video concept, I hope you do more in this series.
Fantastic video thank you. The Detective needs his own show!
Yeah, he could tell some stories.
Great video, I'm surprised no one mentioned the hammerless stainless-steel 38's. I entered the Academy in July 1987, and we were the first class to have the stainless steel 38's issued. When we went to our NSU, we were made fun of for not having hammers on our 38's. I was happy to get rid of it when the 9mm's was authorized in 93.
Hahahahahaha! Indeed!😃 I came on in 1991, had the hammerless 4”service revolver and the 2” off duty revolver that I carry to this day. But yeah, the old timers would have fun breaking our chops about them! I finally got the 9mm, but still don’t trust it… Enjoy retirement! Be well and stay safe!
Those glocks like to jam. Both guns have their strengths and weaknesses
I own a Smith &Wesson model 64 NY1, the hammerless stainless .38. I actually carried it for a period of time when I became an officer in the mid-2000s. It served me well down here in Texas as I bought it second-hand as a relic.
The starting salary really stayed the same since the 80’s.. crazy
I think the cop with the beard at the beginning collared me a few times for burglary in the 19th precinct. He was a tough no nonsense mofo. He still looks the same.these days I’d buy him drink and thank him for straighteng me out.
Seriously, best comment here 🏆😂😂😂
How's that boot taste?
So, George Costanzas' question was answered ,they did do a study on sirens.
What a perspective. NYPD were like my role models back in the 90s.
The extremely cold SHADE expressed through his quiet “I didn’t particularly care for the Impala’s, at all… I wasn’t a fan…” at 1:05 😂
This was cool! Great watch👍
Thanks for watching!
The pieces missing out of the steering wheel that she mentioned was not from officers picking at it but there would be wear and it would break down over time from the constant getting out of the patrol car and with right handed officers, the sidearm hitting the steering wheel.
It’s also because the foam is very soft
11:02 Merkur XR4Ti! Damn you never those anymore
Watching a police officer with 20 years of experience rack the slide before removing the magazine makes me hope she's just an actress.
From "I pulled it everyday" to "I never pulled it"
Doesn't even seem possible...
The one who mever pulled it patrolled low crime areas and was a desk jockey...
More like her probably never pulled theirs either, but others on her squad no doubt pulled theirs regularly.
I know some Deputies and officers who never pulled.
Man would it SUCK to be a cop in USA today.
Yup the ACLU has made things worse
The ACLU is the reason why
They can't do anything and the new workforce loves to be on their phones. Trust me they don't look like they're checking "memos" to me ...loll
Thank you for your service officers!
The lady pulled the slide and locked it before dropping the magazine...😂
Combine that with “never pulled my weapon” and you know she was admin.
Loved this I hope you can do more like these or make it a series interviewing NYPD cops, great stories and great insight.
I came in with the light blue shirts. They really showed the sweat stains in the summer.
Thank you, Officers!
Fantastic idea!! I love this format. Maybe do one on EMS, fire fighters, or correctional officers
This is the education with i want, amazing video!
I enjoyed listening to episode. We need more like this. To listen to how things were and the history behind it. Great job
How sad the woman cop was so lost about the 'incident', but otherwise great video.
the Murder.... the medical examiner states he died from CHEST COMPRESSION... not drugs.. hell has a spot for each of you that celebrate the deaths of innocent people based on their skin color... you will bvrn well...
This is awesome, super fascinating
Loved the video ❤. Very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The focus on certain amendments that modern means of communication have brought about can really help the police.
Police gained their reputation from their actions not because people make up lies about them.
fact
Very nice interviews/perspectives! You can really feel the different eras. Thank you to the retired officers for sharing.
You guys should do more videos like this 👍props to the editor
it's not just about 'how you interact with people', the fundamental role of the police is to enforce a system that is inherently deeply violent and cruel. that's why people say ACAB
Team, I did the math on the salary figures, by updating them to what that would mean today. The specifics we got were: 35k in 1986, and 13k in 1971. Interestingly they both come out almost identical in 2024 money - 100k
Great little documentary. Really interesting
Great video
1:49 The siren sound he made 😂
2:30 NYPD Car with Pushbar
3:13 Guys punished for dirty car
My friend was a Rite Aid district manager for Queens. He had stores robbed on 9/11
Excellent presentation. I really enjoyed hearing it straight from cop's who had been there. Please consider doing shows on other prominent PD's around the country. If you wanted to do a show on Chicago Police I wouldn't mind a bit. Or LAPD. Thanks.
Regardless of what has happened and happens now, NYC is somewhat still the most meaningful and important city.
Thank you for your time in the job.
5:52 never pulled your fire arm hmm seems like a lot of desk duty there ….
Or lazy and always called for backup and did NOTHING until it arrived.
2:30 - I remember the first time I heard a grumbler, early 2000s in a quiet neighborhood in Queens, it scared the hell out of me 😂😂
Need to do a video on jim cirrilo and the stakeout squad of the 80s !
Excellent video
Thank you for your service and dedication to protecting your community
Enjoy your retirement and have a wonderful day today ✨️
nice video!
Thanks! Stay tuned for more!
Love this series!! Can you do Houston, TX PD or Austin, TX PD please?
great video mail, i like this idea a lot
Glad you liked it!
BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. LT CUNEO !!!!!! I served and am still serving trying to get to thirty. Glocks were lightweight so many guys use them but if you're assigned to certain teams you went with the 5906 because you could do more than just shoot with it. My salary was 39K in 1998 when I started and now.... it's NOYB.
This great opportunity video on why be coming a NYPD police 😊😊😊😊
Do one for FDNY
great video
thanks to all of you!!!!!
Great video…
Thanks!
I want to see the LA version
Great, really interesting - especially through the decades!
mhm. should talk more about how police perception changed since body cam introduction
That narcotics cop that started in the seventies, said he worked in the seven five right? Wasn't that the most corrupt precinct, especially narcotics? Starting in the 70s through the 80s?