As frontline supervisors in the world’s largest municipal patrol force, effective leadership is the key to all of NYPD’s success in law enforcement, public safety and public service.
The purpose and mission of a NYPD sergeant, and their predecessors who were known as Roundsmen, has not changed since the inception of the Municipal Police Department in 1844.
In 1899, just one year following the consolidation of the city’s five boroughs and the formation of the NYPD, the Department’s supervisory officers formed a fraternal organization known as the Police Sergeants Endowment and Benevolent Association.
SBA Uniform & Symbols represent a tribute to pride, commitment and dedication, whether it's our 8-point cap with chrome cap device bearing shield number or short sleeve shirt with black shoes and duty belt.
The Municipal Police is formed in 1844, and renamed the Metropolitan Police in 1857. Female matrons are hired in 1888, and in 1891 Wiley Overton becomes the city’s first African American patrolman.
NYPD sergeants supervise police officers and detectives in a wide array of patrol, investigatory and specialized duties. In doing so, they also serve on the front lines in promoting public safety and enforcing laws.
For more than 150 years the three inverted Vs on their sleeves - commonly referred to as stripes or chevrons - indicate the sergeant’s integral role in frontline leadership as it relates to public safety.
Welcome to the New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA), whose 13,000 members make it the fifth largest police union in the country. NYPD sergeants serve as Frontline supervisors in the city that is universally regarded as the Capital of the World. The SBA provides benefits to its members, and also serves as their advocates in matters large and small.
Amid the nationwide anti-police rhetoric, Ed Mullins, the President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association/NYPD, addresses the social upheaval and violence that is sweeping the country.
