Empire City Podcast Premieres: Eight-Part Series on The History Of The NYPD

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest and one of the oldest municipal police departments in the United States, with approximately 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian employees. The NYPD was established in 1845, and today, it is responsible for policing an 8.5-million-person city by performing a wide variety of public safety, law enforcement, traffic management, counterterror, and emergency response roles.

The NYPD has also been the source material for thousands of books, TV shows (NYPD Blue, Law And Order, Elsbeth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Car 54, Kojak, and many more), and movies such as Serpico.

It’s logical that Wondery and Crooked Media have announced the premiere of Empire City, an eight-part narrative series investigating the fascinating and largely invisible history of the New York Police Department (NYPD). Created and hosted by Peabody Award-winning journalist Chenjerai Kumanyika (Uncivil),Empire City provides a window into New York City’s past and insights into the foundations of law enforcement in America. Empire City debuts ad-free on Wondery+ and all other podcast streaming platforms on September 9th.

Listen to the trailer HERE

With the future of policing front and center in American politics, Empire City reveals…