Abbreviation SGPD Population 900 | Formed 1899 Legal jurisdiction New York City | |
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Common name Sea Gate Police Department Legal personality Non government: Sea Gate Association | ||
The Sea Gate Police Department (SGPD) is a law enforcement agency in New York which is recognized by the New York Police Department and staffed by New York State peace officers and retired police officers participating duties to protect property, citizens, and to enforce state and city laws in the community of Sea Gate, Brooklyn (60th precinct). SGPD was founded before NYPD and has provided service since before the Brooklyn area was part of New York. SGPD is privately funded, but its officers have the recognition and powers of any police department in the enactment of their duties.
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Sea Gate is a private gated community that has more than 800 residences, a nursing home, a lighthouse, houses of worship, a playground, and beaches. The current Chief Of Police is Jeffrey Fortunato, a retired Captain from the NYPD.
History
The Sea Gate Police Department began in 1899 (a year after the Brooklyn Police Department merged with the New York City Police Department). When first started, the department was an all uniformed force. However, as the years passed, the department grew into a full-fledged agency with patrol officers, supervisors and later a detective unit to investigate crimes which occurred under the Sea Gate jurisdiction. All major crimes are investigated by the NYPD.
Power and authority
Sea Gate officers are New York State peace officers under NYS Criminal Procedure Law 2.10 subsection 46, who enforce the NYS Penal Law, NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law, NYS & NYC Environmental Protection Law (Engine Idling Law), and NYC Administrative Code within and around the confines of Sea Gate. They are authorized to make arrests, make car stops on seagate property, issue summonses, and may carry a firearm, batons, tasers, pepper spray, and handcuffs.
A bill in the New York Senate has been proposed to give the department formal police department status under New York state law.
Ranks
There are six titles (referred to as ranks) in the Sea Gate Police Department: