The New York City Police Department (NYPD or NYCPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, was established in 1845, and is the largest municipal police force in the United States. The Municipal Police replaced an old night watch system.
Explain - why NYC funds the police department.
[Some interesting facts: The first use of the word police ("Polles") in English comes from the book "The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England" published in 1642. The first centrally organized police force was created by the government of King Louis XIV in 1667 to police the city of Paris.]