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Scandinavia House, located on 58 Park Avenue, Manhattan, was opened in 2000 by the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) as a center for Nordic culture in the United States. [2] The building was the first permanent location of ASF after a decade of moving between several addresses. Construction of the new building cost around $13 million. [4]
The American-Scandinavian Foundation's quarterly journal, Scandinavian Review, is the oldest publication of its kind in the United States. It covers all aspects of life in contemporary Scandinavia with an emphasis on areas in which Scandinavian achievement is renowned: art and design; industrial development; and commercial, political, economic ...
Following the 1913 murder of Sam Howell, a construction foreman in Westchester County, and failure of the local police to arrest suspects he had named before his death, the New York State Legislature passed a bill to establish a state police force. The New York State Police was officially established on April 11, 1917.
In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state. [1] [2] Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, [1] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. [3] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative ...
Denmark is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States, named after the Kingdom of Denmark in northern Europe. [4] The population was 2,626 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 2,860 at the 2010 census. [6] The town is on the northwestern border of Lewis County and lies east of Watertown.
العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Bosanski
A newly-minted NYPD sergeant wants to mold his career after his beloved parents — and a housing cop who was killed off duty 30 years ago. As he shook Police Commissioner Edward Caban’s hand ...
Prior to 2015, the New York State University Police was the only state law enforcement agency requiring employees to work to age 63 to earn pension eligibility. This had led to instability and a "train and transfer" cycle, where young officers would quickly leave to join law enforcement agencies with more attractive pension plans.