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The neighborhood is served by the New York City Police Department's 41st Precinct. [5] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The local subway, the 6 and <6> trains, operates along Southern Boulevard.
Police officers face many challenges in the decaying, impoverished, high-crime South Bronx region of New York City.Among these officers are NYPD officers Murphy and Corelli, who work from the 41st Precinct, nicknamed "Fort Apache" because, to those who work there, it feels like an army outpost in foreign territory.
The metaphor is used by military and police to refer to a post which is beset or besieged. Recent examples may be found in Afghanistan and Iraq. [2] Another example is "Fort Apache, The Bronx", a name used in the past for the NYPD's 41st Precinct Station House at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx and the 1981 movie named for it. [3]
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
A second New York City police officer was shot in the Bronx, 12 hours after another officer was shot while on patrol nearby, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 8:11 p.m. at a home on 613 Southern Blvd. in the 41st Precinct, according to police. Upon arrival, officers found a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head.
The New York City Police Department Highway District is a specialized unit under the auspices of the NYPD's Transportation Bureau primarily responsible for patrolling and maintaining traffic safety on limited-access highways within New York City. The District's other duties and roles include collision investigations, advanced driver and radar ...
"Fort Apache, The Bronx", a former nickname of NYPD's 41st Precinct located in the South Bronx Fort Apache playground, and like-named railway station on the Strand miniature Railway, in the Strand leisure Park at Gads Hill, Gillingham, Medway, England ME7 2RW United Kingdom (51.39475, 0.56618)