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About the New York State Police
In 1913, a construction foreman named
Sam Howell was murdered during a payroll robbery in Westchester County. Because Westchester County was a very rural area then,
there was no local police department and Mr. Howell's murderers escaped, even though he identified them before he died.
his
vicious crime spurred Mr. Howell's employer, Moyca Newell (left) and her friend, Katherine Mayo (right), to initiate a movement
to form a State Police department to provide police protection to rural areas.
As a result of their efforts, the
State Legislature established the New York State Police as a full service police agency on April 11, 1917.
Since the first 237 men rode out of their
training camp on horseback to begin patrolling rural areas, troopers have been there to fulfill the law enforcement needs
of the people of New York State with the highest degree of fairness, professionalism and integrity.
During the 1990s, the New York State Police
focused on three primary objectives: dealing with the rising tide of violent crime, much of it drug related; increasing cooperative
ventures with local law enforcement agencies to more efficiently and effectively provide police services to the people of
New York; and preparing for the challenges of the rapidly approaching 21st Century.
Source:
troopers.state.ny.us/
Introduction/History/
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Larry McMicking is a retired New York State Police Officer and retired from
the U.S. Marshals Service. His book, “A Guide To Protecting Your Home, Business and Your Person from Assault, Burglary,
Fire and Fraud,” was written to assist and educate the general public of the dangers of fire, burglary, assault
and fraud in everyday life. Emphasizing actual events, Larry McMicking covers a multitude of areas such as security at the
ATM, preventing rape, fire hazards such as combustion, extension cords, and space heaters.
He also emphasizes the dangers connected to smoke detectors and electronic burglar alarms and demonstrates how a home
or business burglar alarm system may fail.
According to the book description of
A Guide to Protecting Your Home, Business and Your Person From Assault, Burglary, Fire and Fraud,
“This guide was written to assist and educate the general public of the dangers of fire, burglary, assault and fraud
in our everyday lives. Emphasizing actual events, the author covers a multitude of areas such as security at the ATM, preventing
rape, fire hazards such as combustion, extension cords, and space heaters. He also emphasizes the dangers connected to smoke
detectors and electronic burglar alarms and demonstrates how a home or business burglar alarm system may fail. He continues
with state of the art advice regarding computer and on-line security against fraud.”
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