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=== Police department === The Syracuse Police Department (SPD) is the principal [[law enforcement agency]] of the city of Syracuse, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracusepolice.org/index.asp|title=Syracuse Police Department – Syracuse, NY 13202|publisher=syracusepolice.org|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-date=August 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821064327/http://www.syracusepolice.org/index.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> For 2017–18, the police department budget was $48.5 million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=48500000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>[http://www.syracusepolice.org/document/2515.pdf "Syracuse Police Department Annual Report 2017"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226143952/http://www.syracusepolice.org/document/2515.pdf |date=February 26, 2021 }}. Retrieved December 1, 2018.</ref> Effective April 22, 2022, longtime Deputy Chief Joe Cecile is Chief of the SPD, following his predecessor Kenton Buckner's retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=syracuse.com |first=James McClendon {{!}} |date=April 22, 2022 |title=Joe Cecile, longtime member of Syracuse Police Department, takes over as chief |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/04/joe-cecile-longtime-member-of-syracuse-police-department-to-take-over-as-chief.html |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=syracuse |language=en}}</ref> Police headquarters is in the John C. Dillon Public Safety Building at 511 South State Street.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url = http://www.ongov.net/facilities/BuildingInformation.html|title = Building Information|access-date = November 26, 2021|archive-date = April 18, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210418181914/http://www.ongov.net/facilities/BuildingInformation.html|url-status = live}}</ref> The SPD is divided into three patrol zones North (Lakefront, Northside, Eastwood, Tip Hill), South West (Strathmore, Valley, Southside, Near-Westside), and Southeast (University Area, Downtown, Meadowbrook, Eastside).<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2019 |title=Syracuse police divide city into three patrol zones |url=https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2019/05/syracuse-police-divide-city-into-three-patrol-zones.html |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=syracuse |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, a jury awarded Elijah Johnson $35,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=35000|start_year=2019|r=2|fmt=eq}}) after he was beaten with unreasonable force by three police officers while being arrested. In addition, the city was forced to pay attorneys fees, at a total cost to taxpayers of $213,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/11/city-of-syracuse-gets-total-bill-for-police-brutality-case-it-quintuples-the-verdict.html |date=November 12, 2019 |work=[[The Post-Standard]] |title=City of Syracuse gets total bill for police brutality case. It quintuples the verdict |first=Julie |last=McMahon |access-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022230836/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/11/city-of-syracuse-gets-total-bill-for-police-brutality-case-it-quintuples-the-verdict.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, Officer John Tassini was Syracuse’s top paid employee earning a total of $282,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.syracuse.com/data/2025/04/highest-paid-syracuse-city-employees-ranked-for-2024-search-pay-for-more-than-2100-workers.html | title=Highest-paid Syracuse city employees ranked: Search pay for all }}</ref> ==== Surveillance ==== Established in 2011, SPD operates a network of 521<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/09/walsh-proposes-500000-to-fix-police-cameras-in-syracuse-neighborhoods.html|title=Walsh proposes $500,000 to fix police cameras in Syracuse neighborhoods|publisher=Syracuse Media Group|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2021|archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903154810/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/09/walsh-proposes-500000-to-fix-police-cameras-in-syracuse-neighborhoods.html|url-status=live}}</ref> surveillance cameras called the Criminal Observation and Protection System (COPS).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.syracusepolice.org/listing.asp?orgId=154|title = COPS Platform Cameras|access-date = December 24, 2014|archive-date = November 24, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141124232411/http://www.syracusepolice.org/listing.asp?orgId=154|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Syracuse Media Group">{{cite web|url = https://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/syracuse_police_to_spend_400000_on_more_surveillance_cameras.html|title = Syracuse police to spend $400,000 on more surveillance cameras|publisher = Syracuse Media Group|date = October 13, 2015|access-date = December 16, 2015|archive-date = December 22, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222121857/https://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/syracuse_police_to_spend_400000_on_more_surveillance_cameras.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2014 more than 40 utility pole mounted cameras were installed, mainly in the Southwest and Northeast neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/where_cops_watch_a_map_of_syracuse_police_surveillance_cameras.html|title = Where the cop cameras are: A map of Syracuse police video surveillance|date = June 7, 2014|access-date = December 24, 2014|publisher = Syracuse Media Group|archive-date = December 28, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141228214708/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/where_cops_watch_a_map_of_syracuse_police_surveillance_cameras.html|url-status = live}}</ref> The cameras were funded by federal, state, and private grants. In Summer 2014, 10 cameras were approved for installation in [[Downtown Syracuse]], the first area not targeted because of high levels of violent crime.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://wrvo.org/post/syracuse-residents-ask-city-more-security-cameras|title = Syracuse residents ask city for more security cameras|publisher = WRVO Public Media|date = May 20, 2014|access-date = November 26, 2021|archive-date = March 7, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210307224153/https://www.wrvo.org/post/syracuse-residents-ask-city-more-security-cameras|url-status = live}}</ref> Live monitoring of [[Clinton Square]] for suspicious people during events and festivals was planned, although police agreed to a prohibition on the use of cameras to monitor protests.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 24, 2013|title=Syracuse Police plan live camera monitoring of Clinton Square|url=http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=950846|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141224205559/http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=950846|archive-date=December 24, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|publisher=CNY Central}}</ref> Twenty-five additional cameras were planned to be installed in 2016.<ref name="Syracuse Media Group" /> In spring 2017, the surveillance system was augmented with the installation of [[ShotSpotter]] gunshot detection sensors. Syracuse Mayor [[Stephanie Miner]] cited increasing public acceptance of police cameras and lower technology costs as factors in the decision.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/syracuse_police_will_soon_be_able_to_pinpoint_the_exact_location_of_any_gunshot.html |title = Syracuse cops will soon be able to pinpoint the exact location of gunshots |date = January 12, 2017 |access-date = January 12, 2017 |publisher = Syracuse Media Group |archive-date = September 22, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922000038/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/syracuse_police_will_soon_be_able_to_pinpoint_the_exact_location_of_any_gunshot.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
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