Talk:NYPD Uniforms and Ranks/@comment-25955172-20150102041526/@comment-72.69.180.134-20190115114518

All management level employees in the NYPD, including civilians, have a shield.....the NYPD is modeled after the U.S. military.....the military reports to the president and the secretary of defense who are civilians......historically, most NYPD commissioners have been civilians who did not come up through the ranks......