File #: Res 0047-2004    Version: * Name: NYPD to clearly display the appropriate police precinct telephone number on all vehicles.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 2/4/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling upon the New York City Police Department to clearly display the appropriate police precinct telephone number on motorized and non-motorized police vehicles.
Sponsors: Michael C. Nelson, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Bill De Blasio, Erik Martin Dilan, Simcha Felder, Helen D. Foster, Alan J. Gerson, Robert Jackson, Margarita Lopez, Michael E. McMahon, Hiram Monserrate, Bill Perkins, James Sanders, Jr., Larry B. Seabrook, Kendall Stewart, Letitia James
Council Member Sponsors: 16
Attachments: 1. Memo In Support
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2005*Michael C. Nelson City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/4/2004*Michael C. Nelson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/4/2004*Michael C. Nelson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 47

 

Resolution calling upon the New York City Police Department to clearly display the appropriate police precinct telephone number on motorized and non-motorized police vehicles.

 

 

By Council Members Nelson, Comrie, DeBlasio, Dilan, Felder, Foster, Gerson, Jackson, Lopez, McMahon, Monserrate, Perkins, Sanders Jr., Seabrook, Stewart and James

 

Whereas, New York City stands as one of the busiest cities in the world, with over 8 million people living and working together on any given day; and

Whereas, In a city of this size, a large number of emergency and non-emergency situations arise everyday, prompting New Yorkers to seek help from their local police stations; and

Whereas, There remains confusion among New Yorkers regarding which police precinct they should contact and what telephone number they should call; and

Whereas, Such confusion results in greater danger to the people of this city, slower response times by the police, and a greater number of non-emergency calls being made to an already overtaxed E-911 system; and

Whereas, Clearly displaying a police precinct telephone number on all police vehicles would, through advertising of that number, help New Yorkers know the appropriate precinct to call in case of a situation, reduce the number of non-emergency calls being made to the E-911 system, and generally help the public to become more acquainted with its local police precinct; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls on the New York City Police Department to clearly display the appropriate police precinct telephone number on motorized and non-motorized police vehicles.