NYPD Cop Life in the 1970's vs 80's vs 90's vs Today | Experts By Decade | Daily Mail 

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“Did you ever pull your gun?” 80s-90s cop: “Every day.”

Would be cool to see how the LAPD has changed over the years as well

During 9/11 we were all Americans even the criminals understood to stand down for a week or so

Man, the 60's cop cracks me up😂, "we didn't call em demostic terrorism, they we're 'political disturbances'"😂 and the other stuff he said earlier. Damn dude, he's been through it

I bet the first 2 cops from the the 70's till the 90's have a lot of stories to tell what a time to be a cop in NY

first guy started with 13k in 1971, thats over 100k today. second guy started with 35k in 1986 which is also around 100k today. the woman started with 34k in 2003 which is under 60k today.

“When you had the sirens on, did people get out of the way for you? “ “Never” 2:44 😂😂

The police woman describing the rumbler 😂

The Glocks had bad trigger pull’s because NYC wanted it that way. They normally don’t. I’m 60, retire from a Michigan department, working armed security at a hospital ER. I still have the crease in my sleeves, spit shined boot and the old school mustache 😅

I was LAPD in the 90’s. The NYPD sent a delegation of their command staff to LA to check out our LAPD blue uniforms. At that time, the color, badges etc were trademarked by the city of Los Angeles. NYPD saw the blue uniforms and made the change in the 90’s after seeing our uniforms.

Sergeant Gillis was my sergeant for a short time in the 77 precinct before he went back to ESU. Excellent man, for sure. RIP, Sarge.

In 1969, my 7 year old brother got lost at the Rambles in Central Park. My dad and I looked all over. We found him with an NYPD officer, who offered him ice cream while they waited. It’s the small things they do that make a big difference.

We need FDNY version

I find it hard to believe that the female cop in 20 years of service - in NYC of all places - never pulled her gun

I know some refer to it as the greatest show on earth, and then I say that some of us even had a backstage pass. NYPD 1983-2003 !

I own a legit NYPD 115 Pcnt DT SAP 2008 Ford Crown Vic. I bought it for 3k at 64k miles last august when i got rid of my old 06 SEL taurus and the Vic besides its plastic intake issue and other common issues? Its the best thing you can keep running for YEARS!!!! I plan to keep it forever.

Very cool to see all the minor details like the smell of the car and the rumbling. Lots of details you wouldn't get from anywhere else. Great interviews

as someone who is wanting to go into the job seeing this just helps. getting different views from 3 different generations of cops helps. wanna thank everyone of them for there service.

I can’t speak for the PD side but as for the FD aspect, immediately after 9/11, Long Island depts covered much of Brooklyn and Queens for many weeks and would handle the calls. I’d presume the Bronx had Westchester depts and Manhattan maybe had NJ depts I’m not sure. The same depts also sent units to the scene to help with rescues/cleanup.

I was born and raised in the South Bronx. After 3 years in the Marine Corps, I entered the NYC Police Dept. in 1974. Served a couple of years in Manhattan then the rest in the Bronx. And I lived in the Bronx my entire time on the job. Retired in 1994.

3:43 why the crown vic without the hubcaps is such an iconic look plus generally looks better

I wish they bring back the 90s Blue & White livery. Very iconic and high visibility, like people would know it's a police vehicle the second they saw it just like the regular black & white that sticks out the rest of the vehicle on the street.

Thank you so much for posting that video. I served from 1982 at the age of 20 through 2002, retiring as a Lieutenant in Narcotics. So many memories and shared experiences I remembered with at least two of the three Lieutenants interviewed. My Detectives used to brag about having an LT that had to constantly clean ear wax off the front sight of his duty pistol. I took that as a badge of pride. The RMP modifications, the uniform memories, 9/11 stories all resonated deeply within me. I will say this, I wore the light blue, dark blue, and white uniform shirts. Every single day I wore a newly cleaned and pressed shirt, and usually fresh trousers as well. There was only one exception and that was 9/11. Spent three days in the same uniform and pants, and put them away in plastic when I finally got to take them off. There were people embedded in those clothes, and I never forgot that.

The police woman racking the slide *before* pulling the mag out. Yikes!

My pop actually worked the foster and Laurie case. That’s how my dad became a detective

Yea times have changed a lot. Thanks to every police officer who still does this job these days.

this was so cool, my fathers like a old and new cop combined(1989-2014)

Utterly shocking that the starting salary for a new officer was (still is?) terrible.

Awesome video about true stories from the real hero's who experienced it first hand. Would love to see more. Thank to the NYPD and all first responders who put their lives on the line everyday to make us safe and also have to deal with the crappy DA's who let the criminals out with low or no bail.

Got to love those old school cops.

1:09 Ford Grand Marquis/ Victoria Crown cars take me back growing up in the 2000s and early 2010s

Great video! Policing is such difficult profession because if you haven't done it, its hard to truly explain or describe to others how complex it is both dealing with the general public and the internal politics of the organization. I'm amazed permission was granted for this video, especially after the ESU Lt. says he would NOT recommend the profession, in the current climate, to those who might be interested. Interviews of recently retired officers would give a much different perspective because they wouldn't be afraid of retaliation for speaking the truth about the NYPD in general.

I grew up on 30th street next to the 72nd precinct where Lt Cuneo was in. 70s-80s. Accross the street was a Dunkin Donuts! It later became white castle. They were nice to kids and let us see the new 1983 furys when they came in and were lined on the sidewalk.

Great piece!! I throughly enjoyed it. The NYPD is the best police job in the world.

One minor correction: The NYPD officially switched over to the dark blue shirts on October 1st, 1995. I remember walking into the station house near the end of the 3rd platoon shift on September 30th, 1995, wearing the light blue shirt for the last time ever and seeing the 1st platoon finishing up roll call wearing the dark blue shirts. It was definitely a strange sight to see that first time. As I recall, most of us welcomed the change from light blue to dark blue; the main issue at first was finding a halfway decent quality shirt since there were so many of us obtaining these new shirts at the same time. One important and historic change that I wish was mentioned was the merger of the NYC Transit Police and NYC Housing Authority Police Departments with the NYPD. Both of these mergers took place in 1995, starting with Transit PD on April 2nd, 1995. Housing PD followed a month later, on May 1st.

As a South African I always love the New Yorker accents it's seems confident and has a certain power to it!!🎉

I’m a New Yorker born and raised still live here will never leave Have nothing but respect for the cops .. BACK THE BLUE!!

The two officers that were ambushed were dispatched on what turned out to be a false call. There was a book written about it titled 'Badge of the Assassin'.

Great video series! Thanks!

I feel bad for the 2000's cop she never actually lived NYPD..she is very well spoken though .because the education requirements increased ...I didn't need any college...2000 I think they needed college. I served from 94-2014.. although I truly believe being a cop in my era was much much more dangerous than the latter ..but I wouldn't of did well with cameras and the political nonsense..I enjoyed the video ..not one to go down memory lane..especially the crack era and 911. ..I'm glad all 3 of these brothers and sisters made it out safe

Sgt RODNEY GILLIS Was my NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR..BROWNSVILLE...I LOVED THIS GUY...MY HEART STILL BROKEN

Great piece, but I'd love a full 20 minute feature in each of these topics. They all stand alone as pretty interesting.

I really loved this for two reasons. First, I’m fascinated with the details and personalities because I’ve never been a police officer, but we all (or almost all) have worked with the “messy guy,” the “gossiper,” etc. That’s a human experience of work. And I love that that’s so near-universal. I also love it because it portrayed (and granted, this is my opinion) police in the light in which they are: a group of people, with flaws, on a bell curve, some better than others, but by and large doing their best and some days, like 9/11, doing the extraordinary. I thank you all who served, and I salute you.

Thank you for your service officers!

I think the cop with the beard at the beginning collared me a few times for burglary in the 19th precinct. He was a tough no nonsense mofo. He still looks the same.these days I’d buy him drink and thank him for straighteng me out.

Would love to see a video like this for different departments in every state

Police gained their reputation from their actions not because people make up lies about them.

Great video, I'm surprised no one mentioned the hammerless stainless-steel 38's. I entered the Academy in July 1987, and we were the first class to have the stainless steel 38's issued. When we went to our NSU, we were made fun of for not having hammers on our 38's. I was happy to get rid of it when the 9mm's was authorized in 93.

This is such a great video concept, I hope you do more in this series.

So, George Costanzas' question was answered ,they did do a study on sirens.

Man would it SUCK to be a cop in USA today.

Watching a police officer with 20 years of experience rack the slide before removing the magazine makes me hope she's just an actress.

What's funny is I know a Toronto copper who's served for over 50 years and has yet to retire! This one sergeant can speak to policing Canada's largest city over the same timespan.

How sad the woman cop was so lost about the 'incident', but otherwise great video.

The starting salary really stayed the same since the 80’s.. crazy

it's not just about 'how you interact with people', the fundamental role of the police is to enforce a system that is inherently deeply violent and cruel. that's why people say ACAB

Fantastic video thank you. The Detective needs his own show!

From "I pulled it everyday" to "I never pulled it" Doesn't even seem possible...

Thank you for your service officers.

11:02 Merkur XR4Ti! Damn you never those anymore

I came in with the light blue shirts. They really showed the sweat stains in the summer.

The pieces missing out of the steering wheel that she mentioned was not from officers picking at it but there would be wear and it would break down over time from the constant getting out of the patrol car and with right handed officers, the sidearm hitting the steering wheel.

The lady pulled the slide and locked it before dropping the magazine...😂

This was cool! Great watch👍

Thank you, Officers!

The extremely cold SHADE expressed through his quiet “I didn’t particularly care for the Impala’s, at all… I wasn’t a fan…” at 1:05 😂

This is the education with i want, amazing video!

5:52 never pulled your fire arm hmm seems like a lot of desk duty there ….

You guys should do more videos like this 👍props to the editor

This is awesome, super fascinating

Great video

When she's clearing the glock, she moves her hand in front of the barrel. That would be an instant fail at a safe gun handling class where I'm from. And she was a cop -_-

Loved this I hope you can do more like these or make it a series interviewing NYPD cops, great stories and great insight.

1:49 The siren sound he made 😂 2:30 NYPD Car with Pushbar 3:13 Guys punished for dirty car

I enjoyed listening to episode. We need more like this. To listen to how things were and the history behind it. Great job

What a perspective. NYPD were like my role models back in the 90s.

Team, I did the math on the salary figures, by updating them to what that would mean today. The specifics we got were: 35k in 1986, and 13k in 1971. Interestingly they both come out almost identical in 2024 money - 100k

Unfortunately, there are "bad" apples in ANY type of job....that's human nature!

Fantastic idea!! I love this format. Maybe do one on EMS, fire fighters, or correctional officers

nice video!

Excellent video Thank you for your service and dedication to protecting your community Enjoy your retirement and have a wonderful day today ✨️

My friend was a Rite Aid district manager for Queens. He had stores robbed on 9/11

Thank you for your time in the job.

Do one for FDNY

Very nice interviews/perspectives! You can really feel the different eras. Thank you to the retired officers for sharing.

Regardless of what has happened and happens now, NYC is somewhat still the most meaningful and important city.

Great Lieutenant right there! Awesome Lady ❤❤

Great little documentary. Really interesting

This great opportunity video on why be coming a NYPD police 😊😊😊😊

Great video…

‘In Mah-hattin’ lmao

Loved the video ❤. Very interesting.

I want to see the LA version

Excellent presentation. I really enjoyed hearing it straight from cop's who had been there. Please consider doing shows on other prominent PD's around the country. If you wanted to do a show on Chicago Police I wouldn't mind a bit. Or LAPD. Thanks.

BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. LT CUNEO !!!!!! I served and am still serving trying to get to thirty. Glocks were lightweight so many guys use them but if you're assigned to certain teams you went with the 5906 because you could do more than just shoot with it. My salary was 39K in 1998 when I started and now.... it's NOYB.

Car 54 where are you ?

Of all the services, it is the Police & by far, that got my utmost admiration & respect. I'm 70 & an Australian, I grew up in a traditional family middle class & consequently hold commensurate values. All my life I have stood in support of, & ready to back up police officers experiencing duress. All that has been turned on its ear post covid. Our police turned on the people, so viciously as to beggar belief. Quite frankly, we were all both shocked & stunned that they would do such a thing. In simple terms, the police had been infiltrated by, & had succumbed to, certain ideologies. They had become politicised top down, & they openly committed so many acts of brutality, even among the totally non threatening. The vulnerable, the frail & elderly. I refused vaccination, instead choosing to self isolate, & for the first time in my life I felt acutely threatened with incarceration. I also saw police enforcing the most ridiculous & nonsensical orders coming down the pipeline. Our police remain to this day, captured by the same ideologies, & moreover, I see them as nothing more than politicised thugs. For me, the faith & trust has been irreparably broken. It came as such a kick in the guts, a perfidy without equal, so that today I don't speak to them, I don't interact with them, I just don't trust them.

If I was a new yorker I would complain that the NYPD was spending a quarter billion a year on misconduct lawsuits because some of them were abusive and for a long time it was a blind eye to it. I dont like how one sided this video turned at the end, as if there isnt plenty of high profile abusive incidents worth discussing that would make someone not like NY cops.

That narcotics cop that started in the seventies, said he worked in the seven five right? Wasn't that the most corrupt precinct, especially narcotics? Starting in the 70s through the 80s?