NYPD Officer Profile: Departmental Awards and Recognitions

NYPD Officer Profile - Department Recognition tracks awards bestowed upon uniformed members of the New York City Police Department. The dataset includes the award type and the date it was given, linked to individual officer profiles. Its presence on multiple government data platforms indicates its use for official transparency and public accountability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing award frequency and types over time using DATE and AWARD columns.
• Linking recognition events to specific officer profiles using PROFILE_ID.
• Tracking data export and update cycles using the EXPORT_DATE column.
• Profiling the recognition history of individual officers using PROFILE_ID and AWARD.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals official importance and reliability.
• Columns suggest a clear structure for linking awards (AWARD) to officers (PROFILE_ID) and dates (DATE).

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license are consistently missing or listed as 'None' across all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, with Socrata showing 2026-05-26 and Data.gov showing 2026-04-05.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Freshness

2026-05-26 (from Socrata)

Geography

New York City